Today’s #kanji is 刻, which is listed under its semantic element of #りっとう（刂）, which means a sword. Its phonetic element is 亥 although 刻 and 亥 don’t share a sound.
Meaning: to carve, to cut
Reading: コク、きざ
刻印（コクイン）: n. carving a seal, the mark of a seal, a carved seal
刻限（コクゲン）: n. time, an appointed time
一刻（イッコク）: n. a minute, a moment
時刻（ジコク）: n.a/the time, an/the hour
即刻（ソッコク）: adv. instantly, immediately, at once
遅刻（チコク）: n. lateness, tardiness, arriving late
彫刻（チョウコク）: n. sculpture, carving, engraving
刻（きざ）む: vt. to cut finely, to chop up; to carve
刻（きざ）み目（め）: n. a notch, an indentation, an incision
分（フン）刻（きざ）みのスケジュール: a schedule arranged to the minute
- りっとう
別
帰
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