目め覚ざまし時計どけい

Written forms

• 目め覚ざまし時計どけい

  Standard kanji spelling; high priority.

• 目覚めざまし時計どけい

  Variant spelling with 覚し instead of 覚まし; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

• 目eye, class, look
• 覚memorize, learn, remember
• 時time, hour
• 計plot, plan, scheme

Similar words

• 時計とけい

  General word for clock or watch; 目覚まし時計 specifically refers to an alarm clock.

• アラーム

  Loanword for alarm, often used for alarm functions on phones or digital devices; 目覚まし時計 is the traditional physical alarm clock.

Etymology

Compound of 目覚まし (めざまし, 'waking up') + 時計 (とけい, 'clock'). The reading どけい is a rendaku form of とけい.