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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)
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On readings
コク
Kun readings
きざむきざみ
Words with 刻
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —犯行時刻time of the crime
- —死亡時刻time of death
- —定刻通りon schedule; on time
- —出発時刻departure time
- —引受時刻time of receipt (of a package, etc. by the post office)
- —刻時機構clock
- —刻時信号clock signal; clock pulse
- —標本時刻sampling time
- —三色同刻triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
- —聖刻文字hieroglyph; hieroglyphics
- —彫刻凹版copperplate engraving
- —現在時刻present time; now
- —刻露清秀clean and refreshing scenery of autumn
- —一刻も早くimmediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
- —一刻を争うto race against time
- —刻時パルスclock signal; clock pulse
- —主刻時機構master clock
- —丑の刻参りcursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
- —ギリシャ彫刻Greek sculpture
- —刻時トラックclock track