刻 kè

1. kè verb to carve; to engrave
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
   Notes: In the sense of 雕镂 (CC-CEDICT '刻'; Guoyu '刻' v 1; XHZD '刻' 1)
2. kè verb to write, cut or copy (a CD or DVD)
   Domain: Computer Science 计算机科学 , Subdomain: Hardware
   Notes: (Wikipedia 'CD-ROM')
3. kè measure word a quarter of an hour
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '刻'; Guoyu '刻' n 1; XHZD '刻' 2)
4. kè noun a moment
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '刻' n 2; XHZD '刻' 3)
5. kè adjective harsh; unkind
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '刻' 4)
6. kè adjective in the highest degree
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: In the sense of 深刻 (Guoyu '刻' adj)
7. kè verb to remember vividly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 牢记 (Guoyu '刻' v 2)
8. kè verb to injure; to harm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 伤害 (Guoyu '刻' v 3)
9. kè verb to restrict to; to limit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 限定 (Guoyu '刻' v 4)

Contained in

• 阴刻(陰刻) to incise
• 刻花 engraving
• 碑刻 inscription on stone tablet
• 木刻 woodcut
• 每时每刻(每時每刻) at all times; at every moment
• 雕虫篆刻(雕蟲篆刻) literary trifles; minor skill
• 刻意 meticulous; painstaking; scrupulous
• 时刻准备(時刻準備) ready at any moment
• 木刻版画(木刻版畫) a woodcut; woodblock printing
• 刻骨铭心(刻骨銘心) carved in bones and engraved in the heart; etched in one's memory; unforgettable
• 刻度盘(刻度盤) dial (e.g. of a radio etc)
• 骨刻 carving in bone
• 无时无刻(無時無刻) all the time; incessantly
• 照相彫刻 photoengraving
• 坊刻本 commercial edition
• 即刻 immediately; right away
• 头刻(頭刻) seal sculpture
• 刻版 engraved blocks
• 刻符 engraved symbol
• 刻意求工 assiduous and painstaking
• 刻写(刻寫) to inscribe
• 刻痕 notch
• 篆刻 to carve a seal
• 石刻经(石刻經) shijing; stone scriptures
• 刻画(刻畫) to portray
• 光刻 photolithography
• 精雕细刻(精雕細刻) fine sculpting; to work with extreme care and precision
• 刻苦 hardworking; assiduous ; to live economically
• 刻绘(刻繪) to scribe; to inscribe; to incise
• 一时半刻(一時半刻) a short time; a little while
• 刻毒 spiteful; venomous
• 刻录机(刻錄機) disk burner
• 刊刻 to cut blocks; to engrave
• 求剑刻舟(求劍刻舟) to look for a sword from a notch in a boat
• 百刻 one hundred ke
• 刻印 to engrave a seal; to print with carved type ; a stamp mark ; to leave a deep impression
• 刻度 marked scale; graduated scale
• 诗刻(詩刻) ti ke; si ke; poem-engraving
• 刻苦努力 assiduous; taking great pains
• 刻薄寡恩 harsh and merciless
• 刻奇 kitsch
• 刻舟求剑(刻舟求劍) an action made pointless by changed circumstances
• 刻苦学习(刻苦學習) to study hard; assiduous
• 刻意为之(刻意為之) to make a conscious effort; to do something deliberately
• 刻镂(刻鏤) to engrave
• 刻鹄类鹜(刻鵠類鶩) to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck; to fail utterly in trying to copy something
• 尖刻 caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic; vitriolic; acrimonious
• 顷刻间(頃刻間) in an instant

Also contained in

光盘刻录机 、 留青竹刻 、 版刻

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Truncated for common words

• 卷五十三　志第五:　　曆二 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Calendar 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 230
• 卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 87
• 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 83
• 卷五十二　志第四:　　曆一 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Calendar 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 83
• 卷八十二 志第三十五 律曆十五 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Measures and Calendar 15 History of Song 宋史 — count: 75
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 75
• 卷二十五 志第一 天文一 Volume 25 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 63
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 62
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 62
• 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 56

Collocations

• 刻深 (刻深) 吏治刻深 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 14
• 刻削 (刻削) 除刻削之法 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 9
• 刻石 (刻石) 因使玉人刻石而為璧 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 5
• 刻桷 (刻桷) 丹楹刻桷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 5
• 刻桓 (刻桓) 刻桓宮桷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 刻曰 (刻曰) 趙刻曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林上第二十二 Chapter 22: Collections of Persuasions I — count: 5
• 请刻 (請刻) 請刻于石 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 4
• 漏刻 (漏刻) 漏刻以百二十為度 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十一 哀帝紀 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai — count: 4
• 刻玉 (刻玉) 於是天子又刻玉印曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 4
• 侵刻 (侵刻) 曹人疾共公侵刻下民 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧曹‧下泉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Bu Quan — count: 3