# 刻 U+523B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523B

A Chinese character meaning “carve, engrave; quarter hour”, read kè in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `刻` |
| Codepoint | U+523B |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523B |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `刻` `刻` |
| CSS | `\523B` |
| JavaScript | `\u523B` |
| UTF-8 | E5 88 BB |
| UTF-16 | 523B |
| Definition | carve, engrave; quarter hour |
| Mandarin | kè |
| Cantonese | hak1 |
| Japanese | KOKU KIZAMU KIZAMI TOKI |
| Korean | KAK |

## Related characters

- 刺 [U+523A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523A](https://unicodekit.com/char/523A)
- 刼 [U+523C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523C](https://unicodekit.com/char/523C)
- 刹 [U+5239 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5239](https://unicodekit.com/char/5239)
- 刽 [U+523D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523D](https://unicodekit.com/char/523D)
- 券 [U+5238 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5238](https://unicodekit.com/char/5238)
- 刾 [U+523E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523E](https://unicodekit.com/char/523E)
- 刷 [U+5237 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5237](https://unicodekit.com/char/5237)
- 刿 [U+523F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523F](https://unicodekit.com/char/523F)
- 制 [U+5236 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5236](https://unicodekit.com/char/5236)
- 剀 [U+5240 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5240](https://unicodekit.com/char/5240)
- 刵 [U+5235 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5235](https://unicodekit.com/char/5235)
- 剁 [U+5241 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5241](https://unicodekit.com/char/5241)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/523B · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/523B