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刻

kè

HSK 3 Character

What 刻 means

1. quarter (hour)
2. moment
3. to carve
4. to engrave
5. to cut
6. oppressive
7. classifier for short time intervals

Example sentences

• 请即刻停止。
  Qǐng jíkè tíngzhǐ.
  Please stop that right now.
• 请立刻回来。
  Please come back at once.
• 他比您更刻苦。
  Tā bǐ nín gèng kèkǔ.
  He's even more hardworking than you are.
• 她比您更刻苦。
  Tā bǐ nín gèng kèkǔ.
  She's even more hardworking than you are.
• 一刻也不浪费。
  There's not a moment to waste.
• 享受这一刻吧！
  Enjoy the moment!

Words starting with 刻

• 刻苦kè kǔhardworking; assiduous
• 刻不容缓kè bù róng huǎnto brook no delay; to demand immediate action
• 刻意kè yìintentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously
• 刻骨铭心kè gǔ míng xīnlit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory…
• 刻画kè huàto portray
• 刻薄kè bóunkind; harsh; cutting
• 刻板kè bǎnstiff; inflexible; mechanical
• 刻本kè běnblock printed edition
• 刻骨kè gǔingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted
• 刻度kè dùmarked scale; graduated scale
• 刻印kè yìnto engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type
• 刻奇kè qí(loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting…
• 刻写kè xiěto inscribe
• 刻毒kè dúspiteful; venomous
• 刻版kè bǎnengraved blocks (for printing)
• 刻录kè lùto record on a CD or DVD; to burn a disc
• 刻录机kè lù jīdisk burner
• 刻意求工kè yì qiú gōngassiduous and painstaking
• 刻意为之kè yì wéi zhīto make a conscious effort; to do something deliberately
• 刻板印象kè bǎn yìn xiàngstereotype
• 刻度盘kè dù pándial (e.g. of a radio etc)
• 刻剥kè bōto grab money; to exploit
• 刻刀kè dāoengraving knife; carving knife (for wood, stone etc)
• 刻苦钻研kè kǔ zuān yánto study diligently

Words containing 刻

• 立刻lì kèimmediately; at once; right away
• 时刻shí kètime; juncture; moment
• 深刻shēn kèprofound; deep; deep-going
• 片刻piàn kèshort period of time; a moment
• 雕刻diāo kèto carve; to engrave; carving
• 此刻cǐ kèthis moment; now; at present
• 苛刻kē kèharsh; severe; demanding
• 即刻jí kèimmediately; instant; instantly
• 时时刻刻shí shí kè kèat all times
• 时刻表shí kè biǎotimetable; schedule
• 无时无刻wú shí wú kè(idiom) (when followed by 不; (when not followed by 不
• 每时每刻měi shí měi kèat all times; at every moment
• 石刻shí kèstone inscription; carved stone
• 顷刻qǐng kèinstantly; in no time
• 顷刻间qǐng kè jiānin an instant
• 木刻mù kèwoodcut
• 尖刻jiān kècaustic; biting; piquant
• 镌刻juān kèto engrave
• 篆刻zhuàn kèto carve a seal; a seal
• 铭刻míng kèa carved inscription
• 尖酸刻薄jiān suān kè bósharp and unkind (words)
• 光刻guāng kèphotolithography
• 少刻shǎo kèa short while; soon
• 复刻fù kèto reprint (a work that has been out of print); to reissue (a vinyl album as a CD, etc)…

Characters built on 亥

These share the phonetic component 亥 (hài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 咳kécough
• 阂héobstruct
• 劾héto impeach
• 颏kēchin

Characters that look like 刻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 刨bàocarpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off
• 劾héto impeach
• 剌làperverse; unreasonable; absurd

Sounds the same

Read kè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 客customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
• 克to be able to; to subdue; to restrain
• 课subject; course; class
• 可used in 可汗
• 嗑to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
• 恪respectful; scrupulous
• 氪krypton (chemistry)
• 溘suddenly
• 缂used in 缂丝
• 榼Pusaetha scandens
• 搕to strike; to take in the hand
• 锞grease-pot for cart; ingot