刻 : Engrave

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Components:

亥刂

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

On 'yomi:

コク(koku)

Kun 'yomi:

きざ.む(kiza.mu) きざ.み(kiza.mi)

Strokes:	8
Radical:	刂 (18)
Usage Rating:	866

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	6

Unicode:	0523b
jis208:	25-79

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刻 Usage examples

一刻を争う(いっこくをあらそう)	to race against time
亥の刻(いのこく)	time of the boar (9-11pm)
陰刻(いんこく)	white line (woodcuts)
上刻(じょうこく)	first third of a two-hour period
辰の刻(たつのこく)	8 am, the fifth hour, the Hour of the Dragon
子の刻(ねのこく)	midnight
銘を刻む(めいをきざむ)	to engrave an inscription
刻み値(きざみち)	increment, step value
刻みに(きざみに)	in steps of, in units of, calculated by
時を刻む(ときをきざむ)	to mark the passage of time, to let (feel) time pass
歴史を刻む(れきしをきざむ)	to let (feel) time pass
到着時刻(とうちゃくじこく)	arrival time
復刻版(ふっこくばん)	facsimile edition, reprint
ギリシャ彫刻(ギリシアちょうこく) ギリシア彫刻(ギリシアちょうこく)	Greek sculpture
刻み込む(きざみこむ)	to etch (name, etc.), to carve (design)
春宵一刻(しゅんしょういっこく)	a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)
一刻一刻(いっこくいっこく)	hourly, from hour to hour, moment by moment, momently, from one minute to the next, with each passing moment
刻苦精進(こっくしょうじん)	being arduous, working diligently enduring hardships, making a strenuous effort
刻苦精励(こっくせいれい)	being arduous, working diligently enduring hardships, making a strenuous effort
時刻到来(じこくとうらい)	The time has come (for, to, when...), Now is the time
先刻承知(せんこくしょうち)	being already (well) aware
石刻(せっこく)	stone carving or engraving
石刻文(せっこくぶん)	stone inscription, epigraphy
逢魔が刻(おうまがとき) 逢魔ヶ刻(おうまがとき) 逢う魔が刻(おうまがとき) 逢う魔ヶ刻(おうまがとき)	twilight
犯行時刻(はんこうじこく)	time of the crime
死亡時刻(しぼうじこく)	time of death
一刻み(ひときざみ)	top-notch
開始時刻(かいしじこく)	starting time
下刻(げこく)	final third of a two-hour period
中刻(ちゅうこく)	middle third of a two-hour period