刻
carving, chop, cut fine, engrave, hash, mince, time
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
8 / 8
Information
Grade:6
Strokes:8
JLPT:3
Frequency:866
Vocabulary
コク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 残刻 | ザンコク | cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman |
| 時刻 | ジコク | time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance |
| 深刻 | シンコク | serious; severe; grave; acute |
| 深刻化 | シンコクカ | becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification |
| 遅刻 | チコク | lateness; tardiness; arriving late |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刻々 | ギザギザ | notches; serration; indentation; jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images); notched; serrated; jagged; corrugated; milled |
| 先刻 | さっき | a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago |
| 一刻 | いっこく | a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate |
| 刻 | こく | period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; cutting; mincing; victory; strictness; cruelty |
| 刻々 | こっこく | moment by moment; hour by hour |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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