Hanja Analyzer
刻

刻 — gak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
새길 각
Romanization
gak
English
carve, engrave; quarter hour
Mandarin
kè
Japanese on'yomi
コク
Japanese kun'yomi
きざ.む きざ.み
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#866 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
刀 (18, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
亥(해)
Unicode
U+523B

Parts that make up 刻

  • 亥 돼지 해sound 땅속에 뻗은 뿌리 또는 짐승열두째 지지. ‘해·핵’ 계열의 소리
  • 刂 칼 도variant of 刀 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다

How 刻 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 刻 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 亥, 刀.

Korean example words with 刻

  • 정각定刻 Korean gloss: 정하여진 시각
  • 분각分刻 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 시간
  • 일각一刻 Korean gloss: 아주 짧은 시간
  • 편각片刻 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 시간
  • 시각時刻 Korean gloss: 시간의 어느 한 시점
  • 정각正刻 Korean gloss: 틀림없는 바로 그 시각
  • 촌각寸刻 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 동안의 시간
  • 삼각三刻 Korean gloss: 세 시각. 또는 셋째 시각
  • 각각刻刻 Korean gloss: 매 시각. 또는 낱낱의 시각
  • 각죽刻竹 Korean gloss: 설대 부분에 무늬를 새긴 담뱃대
  • 각침刻針 Korean gloss: 시계에서 분을 가리키는 긴 바늘
  • 경각頃刻 Korean gloss: 눈 깜빡할 사이. 또는 아주 짧은 시간

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 刻

  • 深刻しんこく serious; severe; grave
  • 彫刻ちょうこく carving; engraving; sculpture
  • 時刻じこく time; (the) hour; favourable time
  • 一刻いっこく a moment; a minute; an instant
  • 刻むきざむ to mince; to cut fine; to chop up
  • 深刻化しんこくか becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
  • 刻こく period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving
  • 刻みきざみ mincing; cutting; chopping
  • 定刻ていこく appointed time; timetable; schedule
  • 小刻みこきざみ mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps)
  • 刻々こっこく moment by moment; hour by hour
  • 即刻そっこく immediately; at once; instantly

Characters sharing the phonetic 亥

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “해” in Korean.

Other hanja read “각”

Other hanja with radical 刀

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