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刻

JLPT N3 SL6 8 strokes Frequency: #866

Meanings

Engrave, Cut Fine, Chop, Hash, Mince, Time, Carving

Radicals

刂

Decomposition

⿰亥刂

Etymology

Pictophonetic: knife

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical right-to-left

8 hook right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コク koku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

きざ kiza

Words Using This Kanji

157 words total

Other (20 words)

daylight saving time

to carve out

noon

carving characters

mincing

moment by moment

moment by moment

engraving a seal

scratch

to mince

being arduous

to engrave

the present

wood-block book

notch

hard work

time

hourly

time

reprinting

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