刻

kè

quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals

Radical: 刂 HSK 2 v, qt pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

刻 decomposes into the following components:

亥 刂

Semantic component: 刂; phonetic component: 亥.

Words containing 刻

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 刻.

光刻
guāng kè
刻丝
kè sī
刻写
kè xiě
刻刀
kè dāo
刻剥
kè bō
刻印
kè yìn
刻奇
kè qí
刻度
kè dù
刻录
kè lù
刻意
kè yì
刻日
kè rì
刻期
kè qī

Related characters (radical 刂)

Characters that share the radical 刂.

刂 刈 刊 刎 刑 划 刖 列 刘 则 刚 创 删 判 別 刨 利 刪 别 刭 刮 到 刳 制

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