trobadora: (Shen Wei - don't know)
trobadora ([personal profile] trobadora) wrote in [community profile] guardian_learning 2022-05-11 09:52 am (UTC)

I've always wondered if this time-usage of 字 is literally because the 5 minute-bits are marked on the clock, in which case it's still word related?

No lie, that was what I thought when I first heard it! No idea if it's true, but it makes sense to me.

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