刻 — engrave, cut fine, chop

きざむ刻 engrave

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+523B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #866 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1639 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

engrave
cut fine
chop
hash
mince
time
carving

word

きざ kiza Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

刻(きざ) む kizamu to carve

こく koku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

時(じ) 刻(こく) jikoku time 深(しん) 刻(こく) shinkoku serious 一(いっ) 刻(こく) ikkoku a moment 復(ふっ) 刻(こく) fukkoku reprint 彫(ちょう) 刻(こく) choukoku sculpture 遅(ち) 刻(こく) chikoku being late

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亥 boar

刂 knife (right form)

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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