刻 kè carve; quarter

Made up of [亥 hài 12th earthly branch , 刂 dāo knife (radical) radical 18]

Related characters


Also uses 亥 hài component: 孩 hái (child) 咳 hāi (sound of sighing)
Also uses 刂 dāo component: 别 bié (to leave) 厕 cè (toilet) ; 超 chāo (to exceed) ; 到 dào (arrive) ; 刚 gāng (hard) ; 剧 jù (drama) ; 刊 kān (to print) ; 利 lì (sharp) ; 梨 lí (pear) ; 前 qián (front) ; 狮 shī (lion) ; 则 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause)

Sounds same

克 kè (to be able to) ; 客 kè (customer)

Different tone

棵 kē (of plants) ; 可 kě (can)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn A venture made pointless by changing circumstances. The story is of a man who accidentally dropped a sword in the lake while being ferried across it. He reasoned that if he made a notch in the side of the boat that would let him find the sword again.