刻 — Chinese character
刻
kè
to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
- Pinyin
- kè
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亥 刂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 亥
- Japanese
- 刻 as a kanji
Common words with 刻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时刻 (時刻) | shí kè | time; juncture |
| 立刻 | lì kè | immediately; at once; right away |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound; deep |
| 此刻 | cǐ kè | this moment; now |
| 一刻 | yī kè | a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes; a moment; an instant |
| 刻意 | kè yì | intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously |
| 雕刻 | diāo kè | to carve; to engrave |
| 即刻 | jí kè | immediately; instant |
| 片刻 | piàn kè | short period of time; a moment |
| 刻画 (刻畫) | kè huà | to portray |
| 此时此刻 (此時此刻) | cǐ shí cǐ kè | at this very moment |
| 苛刻 | kē kè | harsh; severe; demanding |
English words written with 刻
刻 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 5
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.