Chinese Character 刻 Meanings and components.

Form

刻

Meaning

刻 meaning[3] in English

Quarter (Hour).

Moment.

To Carve.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 刻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 12th earthly branch: … (亥) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with YOLN

How to write 刻

To write刻ke4quarter (hour) you should write a combination of 亥hai412th earthly … , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亥 + 刂 = 刻

刻 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 刻 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 刻, looks as follow:

刻
Pinyin:ke4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Quarter (Hour) . Moment . To Carve . To Engrave . To Cut . Oppressive . Classifier For Short Time Intervals
亥
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 12th Earthly Branch: 9-11 P.M., 10th Solar Month (7th November-6th December), Year Of The Boar . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 330°
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
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Pinyin:?
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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