刻 kè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 亥 12th terrestrial branch 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
刻意
kèyì
deliberately; intentionally
Characters in this word
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他刻意避开情绪化的词语，以免报告显得带有预设立场。 Tā kèyì bìkāi qíngxùhuà de cíyǔ, yǐmiǎn bàogào xiǎnde dài yǒu yùshè lìchǎng. He deliberately avoided emotive wording so that the report would not seem to carry a predetermined stance.
- 她刻意穿了一件红色的外套，想让朋友一眼就找到她。 Tā kèyì chuān le yí jiàn hóngsè de wàitào, xiǎng ràng péngyou yì yǎn jiù zhǎodào tā. She deliberately wore a red coat so her friend could spot her at once.
- 我不是刻意躲着你，只是最近太忙了。 Wǒ bú shì kèyì duǒ zhe nǐ, zhǐshì zuìjìn tài máng le. I am not deliberately avoiding you, I have just been too busy lately.
Related words
- 刻 kè quarter hour (time measure word)
- 立刻 lìkè immediately
- 深刻 shēnkè deep; profound
- 时刻 shíkè moment; all the time
- 此刻 cǐkè at this moment
- 刻 kè to carve
- 片刻 piànkè short moment
- 雕刻 diāokè to carve; carving
- 苛刻 kēkè harsh; exacting
- 刻不容缓 kèbùrónghuǎn urgent; allowing no delay
- 刻画 kèhuà to depict; to portray
- 刻苦 kèkǔ hard-working; assiduous