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刻 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
コクこく · koku
Kun
きざ(む)kiza(mu)
Meaning
to carve; engrave; moment

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亥 plus 刂 "blade"; cutting notches with a blade — hence "to carve," and "a moment of time."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコクこくkoku彫刻ちょうこく時刻じこく深刻しんこく
Kunきざむkizamu刻むきざむ刻みきざみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 時刻じこく

    time (of day)

  • 深刻しんこく

    serious; grave

More words with this kanji

  • 遅刻ちこく
  • 彫刻ちょうこく
  • 寅の刻とらのこく
  • 巳の刻みのこく
  • 丑の刻うしのこく
  • 亥の刻いのこく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

電車(でんしゃ)の時刻(じこく)を調(しら)べた。

I looked up the train times.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

時刻深刻刻時time深deep創to cre…割to div…劇drama刈reap刊to pub…穀grain告to tel…克overco…谷valley国countr…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading コクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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