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科

kē

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Measure word 个

科 (kē) means "branch of study; administrative section; division". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 科 means

1. branch of study
2. administrative section
3. division
4. field
5. branch
6. stage directions
7. family (taxonomy)
8. rules
9. laws
10. to mete out (punishment)
11. to levy (taxes etc)
12. to fine sb

Example sentences

• 科学好玩。
  Science is fun.
• 我不想挂科。
  Wǒ bù xiǎng guàkē.
  I don't want to fail my exams.
• 我要挂科了！
  Wǒ yào guàkē le!
  I'm going to fail the class!
• 他各科全优。
  He won the prize for excellence in all subjects.
• 汤姆喜欢科幻。
  Tāngmǔ xǐhuan kēhuàn.
  Tom likes science fiction.
• 理科比文科难。
  Lǐkē bǐ wénkē nán.
  The natural sciences are harder than the social sciences.

Words starting with 科

• 科学kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge; scientific
• 科技kē jìscience and technology
• 科目kē mùacademic subject; field of study
• 科研kē yán(scientific) research
• 科学家kē xué jiāscientist
• 科长kē zhǎngsection chief
• 科普kē pǔpopularization of science (abbr. for 科学普及…
• 科幻kē huànscience fiction; abbr. for 科学幻想
• 科室kē shìdepartment; administrative division; unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
• 科威特Kē wēi tèKuwait
• 科隆Kē lóngCologne, Germany; Colón, Panama
• 科学院kē xué yuànacademy of sciences
• 科举kē jǔimperial examination
• 科教kē jiàoscience and education; science education
• 科幻小说kē huàn xiǎo shuōscience fiction novel
• 科比Kē bǐ(name) Coby; Colby; Kirby; Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), US basketball player
• 科索沃Kē suǒ wòKosovo
• 科考kē kǎopreliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科学考察
• 科班kē bān(old) school for Chinese opera; formal professional education or training
• 科学界kē xué jièworld of science; scientific circles
• 科克Kē kèCork, city in Ireland
• 科级kē jí(administrative) section-level
• 科名kē míngrank obtained in the imperial examinations; scholarly honors
• 科系kē xìdepartment

Words containing 科

• 本科běn kēundergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)
• 内科nèi kēinternal medicine; general medicine
• 专科zhuān kēspecialized subject; branch (of medicine); specialized training school
• 学科xué kēsubject; branch of learning; course
• 莫斯科Mò sī kēMoscow, capital of Russia
• 预科yù kēpreparatory course (in college)
• 教科书jiào kē shūtextbook
• 文科wén kēliberal arts; humanities
• 本科生běn kē shēngundergraduate student
• 理科lǐ kēthe sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科
• 社会科学shè huì kē xuésocial sciences
• 自然科学zì rán kē xuénatural sciences
• 外科wài kēsurgery (branch of medicine)
• 百科全书bǎi kē quán shūencyclopedia
• 中国科学院Zhōng guó Kē xué yuànChinese Academy of Science
• 妇科fù kēgynecology
• 百科bǎi kēuniversal; encyclopedic; abbr. for 百科全书
• 社科shè kēsocial science (abbr.)
• 工科gōng kēengineering as an academic subject
• 思科Sī kēCisco Systems Company
• 医科yī kēmedicine (as a science); medical science
• 妇产科fù chǎn kēdepartment of gynecology and obstetrics; birth clinic
• 理工科lǐ gōng kēscience and engineering as academic subjects
• 眼科yǎn kē(department of) ophthalmology

Characters that look like 科

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 料liàomaterial; stuff; grain
• 耕gēngto plow; to till
• 秤chēngto weigh (variant of 称
• 秆gǎnstalks of grain
• 蚪dǒuused in 蝌蚪

Sounds the same

Read kē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 棵classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
• 颗classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 磕to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock…
• 柯(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 珂jade-like stone
• 苛severe; exacting
• 窠nest
• 瞌used in 瞌睡
• 钶columbium
• 坷used in 坷垃
• 蝌used in 蝌蚪
• 稞(wheat)

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kē correctly.
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