刻 kè
measure word
: quarter of an hour; moment
: to engrave or carve; to cut
: oppressive; stingy; sarcastic
: measure word for short time intervals
Kun Reading
刻 | きざ kiza
noun
: scratch
刻み | きざみ kizami
noun
: shredded tobacco; notch; nick
刻む | きざむ kizamu
godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash
: to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
: to tick away (time); to record the passing moments
: to etch (into one’s mind); to remember distinctly
: (Archaism) to have tattooed
: (Archaism) to torment
刻する | こくする kokusuru
suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: (Archaism) to carve; to engrave
: to publish; to author
On Reading
刻 | こく koku
noun
: archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
: carving; engraving; cutting; mincing
: strictness; cruelty
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