| hourglass | By itself, as a noun, it means exactly what is pictured. | |||
| to wait (v.) |
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The hourglass is the standard symbol for time, but when we see it all alone on a computer screen, it means "wait". By itself, as a using verb, we'll translate it this way, but we'll still use it in combos as a radical for time. | ||
| a wait (n.) |
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| clock | By itself, as a noun, it means exactly what is pictured. | |||
| to schedule, to plan, to set an alarm |
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When you see this clock by itself on a computer screen, it probably means that you have an alarm set. | ||
| time |
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The two attributes of Father Time. | ||
| now |
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"This time" | ||
| then |
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"That time" | ||
| when |
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"What time" | ||
| always |
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"All time" | ||
| sometimes |
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"Some time" | ||
| year | From alchemy, according to Liungman. | |||
| month | Alchemy. Liungman | |||
| week | Alchemy, Liungman | |||
| day | Alchemy. Liungman | |||
| hour | Alchemy. Liungman. In hasty writing, this might tend to look like [hourglass] or [ten] so we'll have to monitor this. | |||
| winter | From almanacs. Liungman. | |||
| spring | From almanacs. Liungman. | |||
| summer | From almanacs. Liungman. | |||
| fall | From almanacs. Liungman. | |||
| sunrise, dawn | ||||
| morning |
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| noon | ||||
| afternoon |
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| sunset, twilight | ||||
| evening |
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| night |
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Last updated January 2004
Copyright © 2004 Matthew White