课

Tap the pinyin to hear it

subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 果 sound ( guǒ )

Components 讠果

lesson · Heisig RSH #922

words + 果 fruit

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
上课	shàng kè	to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class
课文	kè wén	text; CL:篇[pian1]
下课	xià kè	to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to …
课本	kè běn	textbook; CL:本[ben3]
入门课程	rù mén kè chéng	introductory course; primer
课外读物	kè wài dú wù	extracurricular reading material
对话课	duì huà kè	conversation class
通识课程	tōng shí kè chéng	general course; general education course; core course; general curriculum; general educati…
课程表	kè chéng biǎo	class timetable
天课	tiān kè	zakat
课金	kè jīn	tax levied on a conquered people by an army; fee for a divination session; variant of 氪金[k…
单班课	dān bān kè	individual lesson; one-on-one class
课长	kè zhǎng	section chief (of an administrative unit); head (of a department)
开课	kāi kè	school begins; give a course; teach a subject
课时	kè shí	class; period
课外	kè wài	extracurricular
指导课	zhǐ dǎo kè	tutorial; period of tuition for one or two students
课业	kè yè	lesson; schoolwork
对课	duì kè	to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)
教课	jiāo kè	to teach class; to lecture

Characters sharing the sound component 果 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
果 sound part	guǒ	fruit, nut; result
裸	luǒ	bare, nude; to strip, to undress
裹	guǒ	to wrap, to encircle; to confine, to bind
踝	huái	ankle
窠	kē	den, nest; hole, indentation
棵	kē	measure word for trees
骒	kè	mare, jenny
夥	huǒ	assistant; companion; partner; many, numerous
蜾	guǒ	solitary wasp; potter wasp
倮	luǒ	bare, naked, uncovered
猓	guǒ	monkey
锞	kè	ingot; acrobatic move
髁	kē	thigh bone, hip bone, kneecap