时刻 shíkè▶ waktu

Stroke order

时刻 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 时 — 7 strokes
• 刻 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. time
2. juncture
3. moment
4. period of time
5. constantly
6. always

Related words

• 临时sementara
• 刻苦Rajin; pekerja keras
• 时代zaman, era
• 时尚mode
• 时差perbedaan waktu
• 时期periode

时刻 is pronounced shíkè and means “waktu”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 时刻 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.