Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

866 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving

Kunyomi: きざ.む きざ.み

Onyomi: コク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっとう

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

印(こくいん)   carved seal

(こくいっこく)   moment by moment

(ちょうこく)   carving, engraving, sculpture

(じこく)   time, moment

(ていこく)   appointed time

(そっこく)   immediately, at once, instantly

(ゆうこく)   evening, evening hour

な(しんこくな)   serious

する(ちこくする)   be late [v.i.]

む(きざむ)   mince, carve, chop up, hash

みに(こきざみに)   bit by bit

五分みに(ごふんきざみに)   every 5 minutes

Onyomi Examples

コク period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac), carving, engraving, cutting, mincing, victory, strictness, cruelty

コッコク moment by moment, hour by hour

フッコク republication, reissue, reprinting, reproduction

コクイッコク moment by moment, hour by hour

Kunyomi Examples

きざむ to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred, to carve, to engrave, to chisel, to notch, to tick away (time), to beat out (e.g. rhythm), to record the passing moments, to etch (into one's mind), to remember distinctly, to have tattooed, to torment

きざみ mincing, cutting, chopping, notch, nick, rapping (a percussion instrument), beating, shredded tobacco, interval

み足 きざみあし mincing steps