刻 kè▶ momento

Stroke order

刻 is written in 8 strokes.

• 刻

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 现在是三点一刻。Xiànzài shì sān diǎn yí kè.It is a quarter past three now.
• 那一刻我很高兴。Nà yí kè wǒ hěn gāoxìng.At that moment I was very happy.

Related words

• 刻苦Trabajador
• 时刻tiempo
• 深刻profundo
• 立刻inmediatamente
• 片刻un rato; un momento
• 雕刻talla; escultura

刻 is pronounced kè and means “momento”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 刻 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.