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CHINESE CHARACTER

kē

科

科

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laws

Numbered pinyin
ke1
English meanings
department, section, rules, laws, a branch of academic or vocational study, stage directions, (animal) family, a division or subdivision of an administrative uni, family, branch of study, faculty, administrative section

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 禾; right 斗.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰禾斗

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他dú读lǐkē理科。

    He studies science.

  2. 02

    zhè这shì是nèikē内科。

    This is the internal medicine department.

  3. 03

    yǔ语shù数wài外shì是zhǔ主kē科。

    Chinese, math and English are main subjects.

  4. 04

    yīyuàn医院yǒu有hěn很duō多kē科。

    The hospital has many departments.

  5. 05

    tā他shì是wénkē文科shēng生。

    He is a liberal arts student.

  6. 06

    zhè这kē科tā他xué学de得hǎo好。

    He does well in this subject.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 儿科
  • 内科
  • 外科
  • 学科
  • 工科
  • 教科书
  • 文科
  • 本科
  • 理科
  • 百科全书
  • 科学
  • 科幻
  • 科技
  • 科普
  • 科目
  • 科研
  • 高科技