Chinese symbol for “cutting”
刻薄
kè bó
unkind; harsh; cutting; mean
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cutting is 刻薄 (kè bó), defined as: unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cutting”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切削 | qiē xiāo | to cut; cutting |
| 尖利 | jiān lì | sharp; keen |
| 路堑 (路塹) | lù qiàn | (civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway) |
| 刺骨 | cì gǔ | piercing; cutting |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刻薄.
| 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 |
| 薄弱 | bó ruò | weak; frail |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cutting”.
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.