刻
Meaning
- quarter (hour)
- moment
- to carve
Example sentence
请即刻停止。
Please stop that right now.
The character 刻
刻 is 刂, a knife, beside 亥: carving. A mark cut on a water clock gives the quarter hour, 三点一刻; cutting deep gives 深刻, profound; and 立刻 is on the instant.