刻 kè

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

刻 kè

Contains the radical

刂 dāo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

knife

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰亥刂

Semantic compound

刂 dāo

Phonetic compound

亥 hài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 dāo represents the meaning and 亥 hài represents the sound.

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很 hěn 好 hǎo , 你 nǐ 已 yǐ 将 jiāng 那 Nā 位 wèi 作家 zuòjiā 的 de 风格 fēnggé 确切 quèqiè 地 de 刻画 kè huà 出 chū 来 lái 了 le .

Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style.

那 Nā 艘 sōu 船 chuán 一 yī 办好 bàn hǎo 离 lí 港 Gǎng 手续 shǒuxù 立刻 lìkè 启航 qǐ háng 了 le .

The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance.

他们 tā men 一生 yī shēng 刻苦 kèkǔ 工作 gōngzuò , 不 bù 浪费 làngfèi 一分一秒.

They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment.

安东尼奥手持菜刀 cài dāo , 开始 kāishǐ 雕刻 diāokè 这块黄油 huáng yóu .

With a kitchen knife in his hand, Antonio began to cut and carve this butter.

“ 请 qǐng 稍 shāo 等 děng 片刻 piànkè . ” 她 tā 朝 Cháo 下面 xià miàn 叫 jiào 道 dào .

" Please wait for a minute,'she called down.

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 刻 kè in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
时刻 shíkè	time	時刻
立刻 lìkè	forthwith	立刻 lìkè
深刻 shēnkè	profound	深刻 shēnkè
刻 kè	moment	刻 kè
此刻 cǐ kè	now	此刻 cǐ kè
片刻 piànkè	a moment	片刻 piànkè
刻意 kè yì	meticulous	刻意 kè yì
刻薄 kè bó	unkind	刻薄 kè bó
此时此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè	at this very moment	此時此刻
苛刻 kē kè	harsh	苛刻 kē kè
即刻 jí kè	immediately	即刻 jí kè
刻苦 kèkǔ	hardworking	刻苦 kèkǔ
雕刻 diāokè	to carve	雕刻 diāokè
无时无刻 wú shí wú kè	all the time	無時無刻
时时刻刻 shí shí kè kè	at all times	時時刻刻
刻骨铭心 kè gǔ míng xīn	unforgettable	刻骨銘心
每时每刻 měi shí měi kè	at all times	每時每刻
刻画 kè huà	to portray	刻畫
刻不容缓 kèbùrónghuǎn	to brook no delay	刻不容緩
刻度 kè dù	marked scale	刻度 kè dù
刻板 kè bǎn	stiff	刻板 kè bǎn
石刻 shí kè	carved stone	石刻 shí kè
尖刻 jiān kè	caustic	尖刻 jiān kè
时刻表 shí kè biǎo	timetable	時刻表