Dictionary/刻

刻

kè

ㄎㄜˋ
MHSK 2TOCFL L3core 10k
1quarter (hour)
2moment
3to carve
4to engrave
5to cut
6oppressive
7classifier for short time intervals

Characters

刻

Example

xiàn zài现在shì是bā八diǎn点yī一kè刻。
现在是八点一刻。
It's a quarter past eight.