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HSK 1 - Easy
8 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

刻

kè

Definition

quarter (hour)
現在下午四點一刻。

It's a quarter past four pm.
moment
to carve
to engrave
to inscribe
to cut
classifier (for short time intervals)
measure word

Character Decomposition

Related words (63)

inscribe

to grab money; to exploit

to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression

marked scale; graduated scale

to record on a CD or DVD; to burn a disc

meticulous; painstaking; deliberate

block printed edition

stiff; inflexible; mechanical; stubborn; to cut blocks for printing

spiteful; venomous

engraved blocks (for printing)

to portray

notch

hardworking; assiduous

unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions

ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted

dial (e.g. of a radio etc)

disk burner

kè bù róng huǎn

urgent; to brook no delay; to demand immediate attention; to demand immediate action

kè yì wéi zhī

to make a conscious effort; to do something deliberately

kè yì qiú gōng

assiduous and painstaking

kè bǎn yìn xiàng

stereotype

kè kǔ nǔ lì

assiduous; taking great pains

kè kǔ xué xí

to study hard; assiduous

kè kǔ zuān yán

to study diligently

photolithography

immediately; instant; instantly

a short while; soon

caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic; vitriolic; acrimonious

rock carving; cliff engraving; words carved into cliff face

moment; constantly; always

woodcut

this moment; now; at present

profound; deep; deep-going

short period of time; a moment

carving; engraving

stone inscription; carved stone

inscription on stone tablet

forthwith; immediately; right away; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once

carving a seal

harsh; pitiless

to etch; engraving

a carved inscription

to carve; to engrave

to engrave

to carve; to engrave; carving

instantly; in no time

carving in bone

guāng kè jiāo

photoresist (laser etching used in microelectronics)

timetable; schedule

sculpture

sculptor

qǐng kè jiān

in an instant

yī kè qiān jīn

time is gold; every minute counts

yī shí bàn kè

a short time; a little while

qín fèn kè kǔ

diligent; assiduous

xué xí kè kǔ

to study hard; assiduous

jiān suān kè bó

sharp and unkind (words)

wú shí wú kè

all the time; incessantly

shí kè zhǔn bèi

ready at any moment

shí shí kè kè

always; at every moment; continuously; every minute; all the time; at any time; at all times; constantly

cǐ shí cǐ kè

at this very moment

měi shí měi kè

at all times; at every moment

diāo chóng zhuàn kè

literary trifles; minor skill

Idioms (8)

kè zhōu qiú jiàn

(lit.) a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); carving a hole in a boat to find a sword; (fig.) an action made pointless by changed circumstances; ineffective methods; outdated method(s)

kè kǔ nài láo

to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering; hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity

kè bó guǎ ēn

harsh and merciless (idiom)

kè gǔ xiāng sī

deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)

kè gǔ míng xīn

(lit.) carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); (fig.) etched in one's memory; unforgettable

kè hú lèi wù

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom); to fail utterly in trying to copy something; to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

jīng diāo xì kè

(lit.) fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision

míng xīn kè gǔ

engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives; undying gratitude

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