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刻
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

carve

HSK 2 N2
Human →Actions →Making
kè
コク
きざ.む、きざ.み
각
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound.
Components
亥 sign of the hog+ 刂 knife (side) =
刻 carve
亥 Phonetic component
hài sign of the hog
12th terrestrial branch
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刂 Meaning component
dāo knife (side)
knife
刂 is a component form of 刀.
Notes
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
刻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
刻 [kè]
quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
Japanese
時 、 刻 、 秋 とき 同音

noun

  1. time; hour; moment (刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time)
  2. occasion; case
  3. chance; opportunity; season
  4. the times; the age; the day
  5. grammar tense
刻 きざ 同音
noun scratch
刻 、 剋 こく 同音

noun

  1. historical period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
  2. carving; engraving; cutting; mincing
  3. victory
  4. strictness; cruelty
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
１２才の時彼は声変わりした。
His voice broke when he was twelve.
車を運転する時はいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。
You cannot be too careful when you drive a car.
CHINESE WORDS (116)
时刻 [shí​kè] #1,224
time
时刻 [shí​kè] #1,224
time
立刻 [lì​kè] #1,455
forthwith
深刻 [shēn​kè] #2,729
profound
此刻 [cǐ​kè] #4,101
this moment
片刻 [piàn​kè] #6,671
short period of time
刻意 [kè​yì] #9,057
meticulous
刻薄 [kè​bó] #4,849
unkind
此时此刻 [cǐ​shí​cǐ​kè] #6,884
at this very moment
此时此刻 [cǐ​shí​cǐ​kè] #6,884
at this very moment
106 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (167)
⭐ 時 [とき] #135
time
⭐ 刻む [きざむ] #2,223
to mince
⭐ 秋 [あき] #2,496
autumn
⭐ 深刻 [しんこく] #2,869
serious
⭐ 時刻 [じこく] #3,412
time
⭐ 残酷 [ざんこく] #4,020
cruel
⭐ 遅刻 [ちこく] #4,181
lateness
一刻も早く [いっこくもはやく] #4,850
immediately
⭐ 小刻み [こきざみ] #5,624
mincing
⭐ 段々 [だんだん] #6,436
gradually
157 more items
KOREAN WORDS (10)
시각 #15,050
time; hour
각고
hard work; difficult labor; backbreaking work
각인
carving; imprinting; engraving
경각
instant
목각
woodcarving
시각표
schedule
시시각각
every hour; every minute
조각가
sculptor
조각도
carving knife
촌각
moment; instant