科(kē)

HSK 29 strokes

branch of study

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Character information

Pinyin
kē
Meaning
branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:个
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 科 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰禾斗

A hand measuring 斗 grain 禾

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

禾hé斗dòu

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 科 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 科

Common words using 科 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

nèi内kē科
HSK 4

internal medicine; general medicine

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xué学kē科
HSK 5

subject

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ér儿kē科
HSK 6

pediatrics

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wài外kē科
HSK 6

surgery (branch of medicine)

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gōng工kē科
HSK 7-9

engineering as an academic subject

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zhǔ主kē科

required courses in the major subject

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yà亚kē科

subfamily (taxonomy)

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piān偏kē科

to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others); overdoing it; to go…

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万且业为主举久乐

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内学儿外工主亚偏

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