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刻 — JLPT N3 Kanji — Detail

Onyomi: コク  ·  Kunyomi: きざ.み, きざ.む  ·  Meanings: carving, chop, cut fine, engrave, hash, mince, time

刻 – JLPT N3 Kanji, Kanji for carving, chop, cut fine, engrave, hash (With 3D Visualization)

Kanji for carving, chop, cut fine, engrave, hash
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刻

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Strokes: 8
Meanings
carving, chop, cut fine, engrave, hash, mince, time
Onyomi
コク
Kunyomi
きざ.み, きざ.む
Name Readings
JLPT
N3
Grade
6
Frequency
-
Kanji Writing Practice
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Vocabulary Examples

Word Reading Meaning Meta
時 とき time, hour, moment common JLPT-N3 Noun
刻 こく period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac) common Noun
刻 きざ scratch Noun
刻む きざむ to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
刻々 こっこく moment by moment, hour by hour common Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle
刻みつける きざみつける to engrave, to carve out Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
刻み込む きざみこむ to etch (name, etc.), to carve (design) Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
刻苦 こっく hard work Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
ギザギザ ギザギザ notches, serration, indentation, jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images) common Noun
刻み きざみ mincing, cutting, chopping, notch, nick common Noun
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Example Sentences

Example #1
机に名前を刻みました。
つくえ に なまえ を きざみました
tsukue ni namae o kizamimashita
I engraved my name on the desk.
Example #2
石に文字を刻みます。
いし に もじ を きざみます
ishi ni moji o kizamimasu
I carve letters into the stone.
Example #3
時間を刻む時計を買いました。
じかん を きざむ とけい を かいました
jikan o kizamu tokei o kaimashita
I bought a clock that marks the time.
Example #4
彼は心に深く刻まれました。
かれ は こころ に ふかく きざまれました
kare wa kokoro ni fukaku kizamaremashita
It was deeply engraved in his heart.
Example #5
木に模様を刻みました。
き に もよう を きざみました
ki ni moyou o kizamimashita
I carved a pattern into the wood.
Example #6
記念に名前を刻みます。
きねん に なまえ を きざみます
kinen ni namae o kizamimasu
I will engrave the name as a memory.
Example #7
毎日少しずつ未来を刻みます。
まいにち すこしずつ みらい を きざみます
mainichi sukoshi zutsu mirai o kizamimasu
I shape the future little by little every day.
Example #8
彼の言葉は心に刻まれました。
かれ の ことば は こころ に きざまれました
kare no kotoba wa kokoro ni kizamaremashita
His words were engraved in my heart.
Example #9
時計が時を刻んでいます。
とけい が とき を きざんで います
tokei ga toki o kizan de imasu
The clock is ticking (marking time).
Example #10
名前を木に刻むのは危険です。
なまえ を き に きざむ の は きけん です
namae o ki ni kizamu no wa kiken desu
It is dangerous to carve your name into the tree.
Example #11
彼は石に記録を刻みました。
かれ は いし に きろく を きざみました
kare wa ishi ni kiroku o kizamimashita
He engraved a record on the stone.
Example #12
思い出を心に刻みます。
おもいで を こころ に きざみます
omoide o kokoro ni kizamimasu
I engrave the memories in my heart.
Example #13
彼の名前を刻んだペンダントです。
かれ の なまえ を きざんだ ペンダント です
kare no namae o kizanda pendant desu
It is a pendant with his name engraved.
Example #14
彼女は日記に思いを刻みます。
かのじょ は にっき に おもい を きざみます
kanojo wa nikki ni omoi o kizamimasu
She writes her feelings in her diary.
Example #15
壁に刻まれた文字を読みます。
かべ に きざまれた もじ を よみます
kabe ni kizamareta moji o yomimasu
I read the letters engraved on the wall.