刻 – engrave, cut fine, chop

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The kanji 刻 means engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コク (koku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きざ.む、きざ.み (kizamu, kizami). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コク	koku
Kun’yomi	きざ.む	kizamu
Kun’yomi	きざ.み	kizami

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: 刈・亠・人・ノ・丶.

Words using 刻

時刻じこくtime深刻しんこくserious遅刻ちこくlateness刻むきざむto mince彫刻ちょうこくcarving時刻表じこくひょうtimetable

Example sentences

そろそろ寝る時刻だ。

It's almost time to go to bed.

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事態は非常に深刻である。

The situation is very serious.

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遅刻するのではないかと心配した。

I was afraid I might be late.

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Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刊

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