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刻 ชั่วขณะ, ขณะนี้
Stroke order
刻 is written in 8 strokes.
- 刻
Senses
- quarter (hour)
- moment
- to carve
- to engrave
- to cut
- oppressive
- 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 is pronounced kè and means “ชั่วขณะ, ขณะนี้”. 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.