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２３にじゅうさん時じ

Meanings

1

11 PM; 23:00

Used in 24-hour time notation; equivalent to 11 o'clock at night.

今こん夜やの番ばん組ぐみは２３時じから始はじまります。
Tonight's program starts at 11 PM.
２３時じを過すぎると電でん車しゃの本ほん数すうが減へります。
After 11 PM, the number of trains decreases.

Kanji

時time, hour
二two, two radical (no. 7)
十ten
三three

Related words

午ご後ご１１じゅういち時じ
Same time as ２３時, but expressed in 12-hour format with 午後 (PM).

Written forms

２３にじゅうさん時じ
Standard numeric notation for 11 PM; common in schedules and digital displays.
二に十じゅう三さん時じ
Kanji spelling; less common than the numeric form but used in formal or vertical writing.

Etymology

Compound of 二十三 (にじゅうさん, twenty-three) and 時 (じ, hour), following standard Japanese number + counter formation.