刻本

刻
本
block printed edition

Characters and words in 刻本

刻
kè = k + e4
quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals
刻 = 亥 + 刂 : Mnemonic symbol: an engraver.

The boar cannot believe it when it meets Karl Marx in the elevator's bathroom! Bewildered it asks for an autograph but has nothing except for a kitchen knife and an engraver. It takes Karl Marx a quarter of an hour to engrave his message in the kitchen knife: "Dear boar, keep on fighting capitalism! Yours, Karl."
本
běn = b + (e)n3
root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
本 = 一 + 木 : Beelzebub (b) finds a Christmas tree (木) in the encampment ((e)n3) and feels like eating its roots (本). He uses a flute (一) to chop the roots right off.

Words with 刻本

刻本 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 刻本

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