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刻

kè

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Measure wordVerb

刻 (kè) is a Chinese word meaning “quarter (hour)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. quarter (hour)
  2. moment
  3. to carve
  4. to engrave
  5. to cut
  6. oppressive
  7. classifier for short time intervals

Stroke order

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Example

他在石頭上刻了幾個字。

He carved a few characters on the stone.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).