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科
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department

HSK 2 N2
Society →Government
kē
カ
과
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the sound and 斗 represents the meaning. Depicts measuring out grain (禾) with a dipper (斗).
Components
禾 standing grain+ 斗 big dipper =
科 department
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
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斗 Meaning component
dòu big dipper
variant of 鬥|斗[dòu]
Notes
Similar Characters
兼 double利 profit委 committee年 year朵 flouds秀 elegant秉 wield秊 harvest-year (archaic)秋 autumn稟 report to (trad)穆 reverent囷 round-shaped storage bin季 seasons犂 plow (iii)禿 bald (trad)私 private秃 bald (simp)秆 grain (simp)种 race (simp)秒 seconds
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
科
Regular
Modern
Chinese
科 [kē]
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:個|个[gè]
Japanese
咎 、 科 とが 同音

noun

  1. usually kana error; mistake; fault
  2. usually kana sin; wrongdoing; offense
品 、 科 、 階 (old) しな 同音

noun

  1. article; item; thing; goods; stock (esp. 品)
  2. quality
  3. usually kana flirtatiousness; coquetry (esp. 科)
科 か 同音

noun

  1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
  2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
  3. (taxonomical) family
科 しな 、 シナ 同音
noun usually kana Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ここでお買い上げの品は無料で配達します。
Articles bought here will be delivered free of charge.
Japanese Names
科 け
Ke unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
科学 [kē​xué] #1,862
science
科学 [kē​xué] #1,862
science
科技 [kē​jì] #3,504
science and technology
科学家 [kē​xué​jiā] #2,913
scientist
科学家 [kē​xué​jiā] #2,913
scientist
外科 [wài​kē] #3,025
surgery (branch of medicine)
科研 [kē​yán] #16,758
(scientific) research
莫斯科 [Mò​sī​kē] #5,749
Moscow, capital of Russia
学科 [xué​kē] #19,711
subject
学科 [xué​kē] #19,711
subject
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
台詞 [せりふ] #3,356
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.)
⭐ 教科書 [きょうかしょ] #5,163
textbook
⭐ 科学 [かがく] #5,318
science
階 [きざはし] #10,802
stairs
⭐ 科学者 [かがくしゃ] #11,858
scientist
⭐ 科学的 [かがくてき] #13,374
scientific
⭐ 科目 [かもく] #14,770
(school) subject
⭐ 教科 [きょうか] #16,139
subject
⭐ 理科 [りか] #17,147
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.)
咎 [とが] #17,281
error
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KOREAN WORDS (28)
외과 #1,285
surgery; department of surgery
정신과 #2,873
psychiatry; department of psychiatry
소아과 #5,065
pediatrics
과학 #5,646
science
부인과 #6,503
gynecology; department of gynecology
흉부외과 #6,933
thoracic surgery; department of thoracic surgery
과장 #7,205
head; chief; director; supervisor
산부인과 #7,352
obstetrics and gynecology; department of obstetrics and gynecology
전과 #7,507
all the departments
신경외과 #8,188
neurosurgery; department of neurosurgery
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