Memory phrase for the Kanji: 刻

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KOKU
kizamu

Left: zodiac boar 亥 (cf. pig 豕/豚), right: knife 刂

When a pig is chopped with a knife, you have to cut in, or: to "engrave".

亥	boar	as in the zodiac sign
豕	pig	name of the radical: inoko* This radical is also used in this simplified way 亥.*
刂	cut	Variation of sword 刀

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時刻表	じこくひょう	timetable, diagram, chart,schedule
刻む	きざむ	to mince, to carve, to engrave, to cut fine, to chop up
彫刻	ちょうこく	carving, engraving, sculpture
時刻	じこく	instant, time, moment
深刻	しんこく	serious
遅刻	ちこく	lateness, late coming

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