Chinese symbol for “ingrained”
刻骨
kè gǔ
ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ingrained is 刻骨 (kè gǔ), defined as: ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刻骨.
| 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 |
| 骨头 (骨頭) | gǔ tou | bone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài) |
| 骨干 (骨幹) | gǔ gàn | diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ingrained”.
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.