BloomkoHSK 2 · Times of day & week
刻
kè
quarter (of an hour)
Stroke order of 刻
刻 is written with 8 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
Memory trick
A knife '刂' carves a notch in a clock every quarter hour.
Parts: 亥 (sound component) + 刂 knife
Example sentence
现在是三点一刻。
It's a quarter past three now.