科
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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[ge4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 禾 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 科
- Common rank
- #149
- Unicode
- U+79D1
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Formation & memory
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Words with 科
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 科学家 | scientist | |
| 小儿科 | pediatrics; pediatric (department); sth of little importance; trifle; a child's play; (sla… | |
| 国家重点学科 | National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central… | |
| 大学本科 | university undergraduate course | |
| 巴克科斯 | Bacchus, Greek god of wine | |
| 西科尔斯基 | Sikorski (name); Radosław Sikorski (1950-), Polish conservative politician, foreign minist… | |
| 多学科 | interdisciplinary | |
| 科学主义 | scientism | |
| 学科 | subject; branch of learning; course; academic discipline | |
| 科学 | science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] | |
| 眼科学 | ophthalmology | |
| 儿科 | pediatrics | |
| 科尔 | Kohl (name); Helmut Kohl (1930-2017), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998 | |
| 外科学 | surgery | |
| 马科 | Equidae; horse family | |
| 自然科学基金会 | natural science fund | |
| 巴马科 | Bamako, capital of Mali | |
| 地球科学 | earth science | |
| 科特布斯 | Cottbus (city in Germany) | |
| 科罗拉多 | Colorado |
Sound family
These characters use 科 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 科 sound part | section, department; field, branch; science | |
| 蝌 | tadpole |