刻 is the Japanese kanji for time, engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, carving. It is written with 8 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is きざ.む、きざ.み and its on reading is コク.
Stroke order
Words with 刻
- 刻period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
- 刻みmincing, cutting, chopping
- 深刻serious, severe, grave
- 彫刻carving, engraving, sculpture
- 時刻time, (the) hour
- 定刻appointed time, timetable, schedule
Practice 刻 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.