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Kanji Detail for 刻 - "time"

刻

  • Meaning

    刻 means "time." Also associated with to carve, harsh.

    1. Carve - To cut into; to engrave.

    2. Time - A moment; an hour.

    3. Harsh - Severe; cruel.

  • Words using 刻

    • 深刻 しんこく Listen serious; severe; grave
    • 彫刻 ちょうこく Listen carving; engraving; sculpture
    • 一刻 いっこく Listen a moment; a minute; an instant
    • 刻む きざむ Listen to mince; to cut fine; to chop up
    • 深刻化 しんこくか Listen becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
    • 刻み きざみ Listen mincing; cutting; chopping
    • 定刻 ていこく Listen appointed time; timetable; schedule
    • 小刻み こきざみ Listen mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps)

  • Four-character idioms with 刻

    • 一刻千金 いっこくせんきん Listen every moment is precious; time is money; precious time
    • 先刻承知 せんこくしょうち Listen being already (well) aware
    • 刻苦勉励 こっくべんれい Listen being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships
    • 刻苦精励 こっくせいれい Listen being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
    • 刻苦精進 こっくしょうじん Listen being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
    • 刻露清秀 こくろせいしゅう Listen clean and refreshing scenery of autumn

  • Tattoo check: 刻

    • Verified meaning: time
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to carve, harsh

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    engrave; cut fine; chop; hash; mince; time; carving

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    carve, engrave; quarter hour

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To carve. Wood is called 刻. Now carving with a knife is all called 雕刻. | 刻漏: An ancient timekeeping device. Meaning carving marks on water-clock arrows to track the sundial. Hence called 刻. Now clocks have fifteen minutes as one 刻, four 刻 as one hour. | Immediately. Such as 立刻 (immediately), 刻不可緩 (cannot delay a moment). | To exploit. 刻剝 means exploiting what others have. | 刻 has a meaning of depth. Such as those who think deeply or investigate matters deeply are all called 刻. Such as 忌刻 (jealous and harsh), 苛刻 (harsh).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koku(コク) コク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kiza.mi(きざ-み) きざ-み

    kiza.mu(きざ-む) きざ-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    carve time harsh chisel cruel cut engrave etch imprint inscribe mark moment record stamp

Sentences including 刻

  • Don't be late for school.

  • Will the train leave on time?

  • She would often come late for school.

  • Not a single person arrived late.

  • They are hardly likely to come at this late hour.

  • None of the students were late for school.

  • I was on time for dinner.

  • The plane will get in on time.

  • Don't take it so hard !

  • His answer to her being late was to fire her.

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