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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 刻

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 刻

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Meaning of 刻

Pinyin kè

Radical

刂

Strokes

Definition

quarter (hour) / (a measure word) / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive

Usage

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尖刻 jiān kè

caustic / biting / piquant / acerbic / vitriolic / acrimonious

崖刻 yá kè

rock carving / cliff engraving / words carved into cliff face

此刻 cǐ kè

this moment / now / at present

时刻 shí kè

time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always

片刻 piàn kè

short period of time / a moment

深刻 shēn kè

profound / deep / deep-going

一刻 yī kè

a moment / an instant / a short while

雕刻 diāo kè

to carve / to engrave / carving

刻有 kè yǒu

be engraved with（engraved是engrave的过去式和过去分词） / be carved with（carved是carve的过去式和过去分词）

即刻 jí kè

immediately / instant / instantly

刻画 kè huà

to portray

顷刻间 qǐng kè jiān

in an instant

石刻 shí kè

stone inscription / carved stone

刻苦 kè kǔ

hardworking / assiduous

刻意 kè yì

meticulous / painstaking / deliberate

刻本 kè běn

block printed edition

片刻间 piàn kè jiān

In a moment

顷刻之间 qǐng kè zhī jiān

In an instant

苛刻 kē kè

harsh / severe / demanding

此时此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè

at this very moment

顷刻 qǐng kè

instantly / in no time

刊刻 kān kè

inscribe / cut blocks

摹刻 mó kè

copy by carving / carve a reproduction of an inscription or painting

敦刻尔克 Dūn kè ěr kè

Dunkirk, port in northern France

立刻 lì kè

forthwith / immediate / prompt / promptly / straightway / thereupon / at once

刻痕 kè hén

notch

瞬刻 shùn kè

Instant

碑刻 bēi kè

inscription on stone tablet

篆刻 zhuàn kè

carving a seal

篆刻家 zhuàn kè jiā

Seal carver

刻不容缓 kè bù róng huǎn

to brook no delay / to demand immediate action

丛刻 cóng kè

Cong Ke

刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn

lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

刻薄 kè bó

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

刻蚀 kè shí

corrosion / sculpture / mechanical erosion

蚀刻 shí kè

to etch / engraving

镌刻 juān kè

to engrave

刻骨铭心 kè gǔ míng xīn

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

铭刻 míng kè

a carved inscription

铭心刻骨 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

镂刻 lòu kè

to carve / to engrave

雕刻家 diāo kè jiā

sculptor