刻

engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

きざ.みきざ.む

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:8

JLPT:N3

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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