刻

quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals

12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

to brook no delay / to demand immediate action

a short time / a little while

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]

photolithography

photolithography machine

photoresist (laser etching used in microelectronics)

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]

to grab money / to exploit

to inscribe

variant of 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1]

time is gold / every minute counts