Chinese symbol for “acrimonious”

尖刻

jiān kè

caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for acrimonious is 尖刻 (jiān kè), defined as: caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic; vitriolic; acrimonious.

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Characters and stroke order

尖 jiān

sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd

radical 42 ⼩ · 6 strokes

刻 kè

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

radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 尖刻.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
尖锐 (尖銳)	jiān ruì	sharp; intense
顶尖 (頂尖)	dǐng jiān	peak; apex
尖叫	jiān jiào	to screech; to shriek
尖端	jiān duān	sharp pointed end; the tip
尖峰	jiān fēng	sharp peak (landform); (fig.) peak
指尖	zhǐ jiān	fingertip
时刻 (時刻)	shí kè	time; juncture
立刻	lì kè	immediately; at once; right away

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.