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刻

engrave
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingコク
Kun readingきざ.む、きざ.み
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. engraveRtK
  2. carve
  3. hack
  4. time
    時間が刻々と迫っている。Time is pressing every moment.tatoeba
  1. period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
  2. carving
  3. engraving
  4. cutting
  5. mincing

Popular Usage

時刻深刻刻む

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sign of the hog · acorn · top hat (亠) · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1639

Compound words

時刻じこく
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
深刻しんこく
serious; severe; grave; acute
刻むきざむ
to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred
遅刻するちこくする
to come late
一刻いっこく
a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
刻々こっこく
moment by moment; hour by hour
刻みきざみ
mincing; cutting; chopping; notch; nick
即刻そっこく
immediately; at once; instantly
遅刻ちこく
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
彫刻ちょうこく
carving; engraving; sculpture
定刻ていこく
appointed time; timetable; schedule
復刻ふっこく
republication; reissue; reprinting; reproduction
夕刻ゆうこく
evening; evening hour
刻一刻こくいっこく
moment by moment; hour by hour
時刻表じこくひょう
timetable; schedule
深刻化しんこくか
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
小刻みこきざみ
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
刻一刻とこくいっこくと
moment by moment; hour by hour
開始時刻かいしじこく
starting time
印刻いんこく
engraving a seal
午刻ごこく
noon
刻刻ギザギザ
notches
瞬刻しゅんこく
moment
先刻さっき
a short while ago

Additional Examples

彼は負けたことを深刻にうけとめた。
He took his defeat hard.tatoeba
彼は肉を切り刻んで重さを量った。
He cut up the meat and weighed it.tatoeba
彼は二度と遅刻しないと約束した。
He has promised never to be late again.tatoeba
彼は二度と学校に遅刻しないように注意された。
He was warned not to be late for school again.tatoeba
墓石に文字が刻むまでの間にお墓に置く位牌。
It is an ihai placed on a grave until the headstone is inscribed.wiki
本来的には、基礎に宝篋印心咒経の文字を刻む。
Originally, the characters 宝篋印心咒経 (hokyoin shinjukyo) were inscribed in the foundations of the pagoda.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 刻

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