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刻

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

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

On'yomi (音読み)

  • コク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • きざ.む
  • きざ.み
Strokes
8
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#1031
School Grade
Grade 6
Radical
刀#18 · knife

Components

  • 刂
  • 亠

Common Words

  • 刻こくNoun
    period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
  • 深刻しんこくna-adjective
    serious, severe, grave
  • 彫刻ちょうこくNoun
    carving, engraving, sculpture
  • 時刻じこくNoun
    time, (the) hour
  • 一刻いっこくNoun
    a moment, a minute, an instant
  • 刻むきざむGodan verb
    to mince, to cut fine, to chop up
  • 深刻化しんこくかNoun
    becoming more serious or severe, aggravation, intensification
  • 刻みきざみNoun
    mincing, cutting, chopping

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