刻 — kanji meaning “engrave”
刻
engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
- Meanings
- engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
- On'yomi
- コク (koku)
- Kun'yomi
- きざ.む、きざ.み
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #866 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 18
- Chinese reading
- kè, kē — Chinese character page
Words with 刻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深刻 | しんこく shinkoku | serious; severe; grave |
| 時刻 | じこく jikoku | time; (the) hour |
| 彫刻 | ちょうこく choukoku | carving; engraving; sculpture |
| 遅刻 | ちこく chikoku | lateness; tardiness; arriving late |
| 刻む | きざむ kizamu | to mince; to cut fine; to chop up |
| 一刻 | いっこく ikkoku | a moment; a minute; an instant |
| 復刻 | ふっこく fukkoku | republication; reissue; reprinting |
| 刻印 | こくいん kokuin | engraving a seal; engraved seal; inscribed seal |
| 刻み | きざみ kizami | mincing; cutting; chopping |
| 即刻 | そっこく sokkoku | immediately; at once; instantly |
| 刻々 | こっこく kokkoku | moment by moment; hour by hour |
| 定刻 | ていこく teikoku | appointed time; timetable; schedule |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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