こく
Koku
Other forms: 剋
刻 (Koku) is a Japanese noun meaning “period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac), carving, engraving, cutting”.
Meanings
- nounperiod of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
- nouncarving; engraving; cutting; mincing
- nounvictory
- nounstrictness; cruelty