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Kanji Detail for 刻 - "carve, time, engrave"
刻
- Meaning
刻 means "carve, time, engrave."
Carve - To cut into; to engrave.
Time - A moment; an hour.
Harsh - Severe; cruel.
- 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).
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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.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
それで翌日もまた先生に会った時刻を見計らって、わざわざ掛茶屋まで出かけてみた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先刻帯の間へ包んだままの時計を出して見ると、もう八時過ぎであった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その悲劇のためにむしろ生れ出たともいえる二人の恋愛については、先刻いった通りであった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
奥さんの態度は私に媚びるというほどではなかったけれども、先刻の強い言葉を力めて打ち消そうとする愛嬌に充ちていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
奥さんはそういいながら、先刻出した西洋菓子の残りを、紙に包んで私の手に持たせた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
お上さんは「いいえお構い申しも致しませんで」と礼を返した後、先刻小供にやった白銅の礼を述べた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「私は先刻そんなに昂奮したように見えたんですか」「そんなにというほどでもありませんが、少し……」「いや見えても構わない」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私には先刻懐へ入れた郵便物の中を開けて見ようという目的があった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はその卓上で奥さんからその日いつもの時刻に肴屋が来なかったので、私たちに食わせるものを買いに町へ行かなければならなかったのだという説明を聞かされました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
Ｋと私とは各自の時間の都合で出入りの刻限にまた遅速ができてきました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それは先刻の続きらしかったのですが、前を聞かない私にはまるで解りませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha