| 刻 | kè | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound; deep; deep-going |
| 立刻 | lì kè | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once |
| 时刻 | shí kè | moment; CL:个; constantly; always |
| 刻度 | kè dù | marked scale; graduated scale |
| 雕刻 | diāo kè | to carve; to engrave; carving |
| 刻苦 | kè kǔ | hardworking; assiduous |
| 此刻 | cǐ kè | this moment; now; at present |
| 片刻 | piàn kè | short period of time; a moment |
| 时时刻刻 | shí shí kè kè | at all times |
| 即刻 | jí kè | immediately; instant; instantly |
| 刻画 | kè huà | to portray |
| 刻本 | kè běn | block printed edition |
| 苛刻 | kē kè | harsh; pitiless |
| 石刻 | shí kè | stone inscription; carved stone |
| 刻骨 | kè gǔ | ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted; inveterate; virulent |
| 顷刻 | qǐng kè | instantly; in no time |
| 刻不容缓 | kè bù róng huǎn | to brook no delay; to demand immediate action |
| 刻板 | kè bǎn | stiff; inflexible; mechanical; stubborn; to cut blocks for printing |
| 木刻 | mù kè | woodcut |
| 刻意 | kè yì | meticulous; painstaking; scrupulous (effort) |
| 刻薄 | kè bó | unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions |
| 一时半刻 | yī shí bàn kè | a short time; a little while |
| 光刻 | guāng kè | photolithography |
| 光刻胶 | guāng kè jiāo | photoresist (laser etching used in microelectronics) |
| 初刻拍案惊奇 | chū kè pāi àn jīng qí | Slap the table in amazement, Part I; first of two books of stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌蒙初 |
| 刻印 | kè yìn | to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression |
| 刻写 | kè xiě | inscribe |
| 刻度盘 | kè dù pán | dial (e.g. of a radio etc) |
| 刻意求工 | kè yì qiú gōng | assiduous and painstaking |
| 刻板印象 | kè bǎn yìn xiàng | stereotype |
| 刻毒 | kè dú | spiteful; venomous |
| 刻版 | kè bǎn | engraved blocks (for printing) |
| 刻痕 | kè hén | notch |
| 刻舟求剑 | kè zhōu qiú jiàn | lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances |
| 刻苦努力 | kè kǔ nǔ lì | assiduous; taking great pains |
| 刻苦学习 | kè kǔ xué xí | to study hard; assiduous |
| 刻苦耐劳 | kè kǔ nài láo | to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering; hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity |
| 刻苦钻研 | kè kǔ zuān yán | to study diligently |
| 刻录 | kè lù | to record on a CD or DVD; to burn a disc |
| 刻录机 | kè lù jī | disk burner |
| 刻骨相思 | kè gǔ xiāng sī | lit. one’s feelings carved into one’s bones; to care for sb very deeply (idiom) |
| 刻骨铭心 | kè gǔ míng xīn | deep-felt gratitude (idiom) |
| 勤奋刻苦 | qín fèn kè kǔ | diligent; assiduous |
| 印象深刻 | yìn xiàng shēn kè | to impress |
| 学习刻苦 | xué xí kè kǔ | to study hard; assiduous |
| 少刻 | shǎo kè | a short while; soon |
| 尖刻 | jiān kè | caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic; vitriolic; acrimonious |
| 尖酸刻薄 | jiān suān kè bó | sharp and unkind (words) |
| 崖刻 | yá kè | rock carving; cliff engraving; words carved into cliff face |
