The kanji 刻: meaning, readings and stroke order

刻

Meaning: carve, time
On reading: コク koku
Kun reading: きざ（む） kizamu
Strokes: 8
Radical: 刀 knife, sword
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khắc, thời khắc (khắc)
Japanese: きざむ。とき。
Korean: 새기다, 시각 (각)
Chinese: 刻、时刻

Readings, words and example sentences

コク koku · on reading

時じ刻こく
time (on the clock)
出発の 時じ刻こくを確認します。
I check the departure time.

きざ（む） kizamu · kun reading

刻きざむ
to carve, to chop finely
板に名前を 刻きざみます。
I carve my name into the board.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.