carve

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亥 sound component

  Sound component

hài

  

12th terrestrial branch

刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

is a component form of .

Evolution

刻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
刻 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
刻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

carve, engrave; quarter hour; quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals

Most common words with 刻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

时刻

time

立刻

forthwith

深刻

profound

moment

此刻

now