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刻kèquarter of an hour

Theme
Time
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
8
Syllable
ke

How 刻 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

刻 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

八点一刻我来。

Bā diǎn yí kè wǒ lái.

I will come at a quarter past eight.

  • 八bāeight
  • 点diǎno'clock
  • 一yīone
  • 刻kèquarter of an hour
  • 我wǒI
  • 来láito come

现在是九点三刻。

Xiànzài shì jiǔ diǎn sān kè.

It is a quarter to ten.

  • 现在xiànzàinow
  • 是shìto be
  • 九jiǔnine
  • 点diǎno'clock
  • 三sānthree
  • 刻kèquarter of an hour

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

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