Kanji1 / 8
刻 kanji
engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
コク
Kun readings
きざむきざみ
Words with 刻
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —巳の刻hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); hour of the Serpent
- —午の刻hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm)
- —未の刻hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm)
- —申の刻hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm)
- —酉の刻hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm); hour of the Cock
- —戌の刻hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm)
- —同時刻same time
- —一刻千金every moment is precious; time is money; precious time
- —刻苦勉励being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships
- —時々刻々hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment
- —地域時刻local time
- —彫刻具座Caelum (constellation); the Chisel
- —彫刻室座Sculptor (constellation)
- —到着時刻arrival time
- —春宵一刻a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)
- —一刻一刻hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment
- —刻苦精進being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
- —刻苦精励being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
- —時刻到来arrival of the ideal time (for); arrival of an opportunity (to)
- —先刻承知being already (well) aware