(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]
却
(què, ㄑㄩㄝˋ) but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless [CE-DICT]
发
(fā, ㄈㄚ) to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; (classifier for gunshots, "rounds") [CE-DICT]