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蚀刻

shí kè

2-character word Traditional 蝕刻

What 蚀刻 means

1. to etch
2. engraving

The characters in 蚀刻

• 蚀shíto nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve

Sounds the same

Read shí kè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 时刻time; juncture; moment
• 食客diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
• 石刻stone inscription; carved stone
• 十克decagram

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