Kanji

秒

second (1/60 minute)

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

禾部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ビョウ

Common Readings

ビョウ

Example sentences

びょう
100メートルを10秒で走る。

Runs 100 meters in 10 seconds.

正確 せいかく
この時計は、一秒の狂いもなく正確に動いている。

This watch moves accurately without a single second's error.

数秒 すうびょう
爆発は数秒の間に起こった。

The explosion happened in a few seconds.

起動 きどう
新しいアプリを起動するのに数秒かかる。

It takes a few seconds to launch the new app.

一秒 いちびょう
一秒の遅れが致命的になることもある。

A delay of even one second can be fatal.

秒で びょうで
その問題なら秒で解けるよ。

I can solve that problem in a second.

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