Radical 刂

8 strokes

pig 亥 (497a) + knife 刂 (74a) = quarter 刻

This character also means “carve” or “engrave”.

立刻 (177) lìkè at once

[刻苦 (218) kèkǔ hardworking, painstaking]

The pig uses a knife to cut his lunch apple neatly into quarters. / The dwarf fixes up a curtain round the pigsty (so that passers-by can’t see his prissy pig).