Kanji
N2 9 strokes Grade 3 freq #1015

second (1/60 minute)

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

grain nogi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

speed per second; velocity per second
every second
second (unit of time)
decays per second; disintegrations per second
arc second; arcsecond
number of seconds
winning in a flash; instant defeat
one second
rapid progress; minute-by-minute progress

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

countdown
watt-second
millisecond
zeptosecond
femtosecond chemistry; femtochemistry
five-second rule (food hygiene myth)
femtosecond
split second; instant
in an instant; in a flash
three-second rule (food hygiene myth)

Example sentences

Light travels at a velocity of 186,000 miles per second.

He ran 100 meters in 11 seconds flat.

I missed the train by thirty seconds.

Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.