(こく) (n) (1) archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (刻 only) carving; engraving; cutting; mincing; (3) (剋 only) victory; (4) strictness; cruelty; (P) [EDICT]
(kè, ㄎㄜˋ) quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; (classifier for short time intervals) [CE-DICT]
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