Today’s second #kanji is #時, which is made of #ひへん/#にちへん（日） and 寺. 寺 serves as its sound indicator.
Meaning: time, seasons, hour, chance
Reading: ジ、とき（どき）
時間（ジカン）: time, an hour, the time, duration, a school period
時刻（ジコク）: time
時代（ジダイ）: a period, an epoch, an era; the present
一時（イチジ）: one o’clock; temporarily; once, formerly; the same time
当時（トウジ）: at that time, in those days, then
臨時（リンジ）: extra-ordinariness, temporariness
時々（ときどき）: sometimes, occasionally
今時（いまどき）: these days, these modern times; at this time of day/night, at a time like this
一時（イッとき）: a two-hour period; a short time; a period
一時（ひととき）: a time, a while, a moment
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時計（とけい）: a timepiece, a clock, a watch, a chronometer
時雨（しぐれ）: a late-autumn or early-winter rain, a (light) shower
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