Please stop that right now.
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刻
kè
HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 3
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kè · hak1 (Jyutping)
- quarter (hour)
- moment
- to carve
- to engrave
- to cut
- oppressive
- classifier for short time intervals
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Character breakdown
刻
- Meaning
- carve, engrave; quarter hour
- Radical
- 刂
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰亥刂
- Cangjie
- YOLN
- Four-corner
- 0280.0
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I'll get started right away.
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