点
diǎn
o'clock; a little
Type: NounsHSK 1
Radical 火 (fire) + 占 (to divine). A tiny flame (a dot of fire) glowing in the dark — hence 'dot'. It later came to mark o'clock on the clock.
To ask the time you say '几点？' ('how many dots?'). Minutes use 分 (fēn). '三点二十分' = 3:20.
占zhànto occupy
灬huǒfire
现在三点。
Xiànzài sān diǎn.
It is three o'clock now.
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