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巳时

sì shí

2-character word Traditional 巳時

What 巳时 means

1. 9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

The characters in 巳时

• 巳sì6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Sounds the same

Read sì shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 四十forty; 40
• 四时the four seasons, namely: spring 春

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