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Mythic Mandarin

当时 (dāng shí): meaning and stroke order

当时 (dāng shí) means then, at that time, while, at once, right away.

当时

Simplified
当时
Traditional
當時
Pinyin
dāng shí · dàng shí

Stroke order of 当时

当

  • dāng (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)
  • dāng to be; to act as
  • dàng at or in the very same...; suitable
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 噹

Stroke by stroke

时

  • shí old variant of 時|时[shi2]
  • Shí surname Shi
  • shí o'clock; time
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 旹

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 当时

  1. dāng shí Traditional 當時
    • then
    • at that time
    • while
  2. dàng shí Traditional 當時
    • at once
    • right away

Radicals of the characters

当
Radical 彐 (Kangxi radical 58) · 6 strokes
时
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 7 strokes · 日 on the left, 寸 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).