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课

kè

HSK 2 Character Traditional 課 Measure word 门、堂、节

What 课 means

1. subject
2. course
3. class
4. lesson
5. to levy
6. tax
7. form of divination

Example sentences

• 我翘课了。
  Wǒ qiàokè le.
  I cut class.
• 下课了吗？
  Xiàkè le ma?
  You get out of class?
• 她缺课了。
  She was absent from class.
• 翻开课本。
  Open your textbooks.
• 你几点下课？
  Nǐ jǐdiǎn xiàkè?
  What time do you get out of class?
• 他经常翘课。
  Tā jīngcháng qiàokè.
  He is often absent from school.

Words starting with 课

• 课程kè chéngcourse; academic program
• 课题kè títask; problem; issue
• 课文kè wéntext
• 课堂kè tángclassroom; class session
• 课本kè běntextbook
• 课时kè shíclass; period
• 课外kè wàiextracurricular
• 课桌kè zhuōschool desk
• 课间kè jiāninterval between lessons
• 课余kè yúafter school; extracurricular
• 课业kè yèlesson; schoolwork
• 课室kè shìclassroom
• 课程表kè chéng biǎoclass timetable
• 课长kè zhǎngsection chief (of an administrative unit); head (of a department)
• 课件kè jiàncourseware (abbr. for 课程软件
• 课表kè biǎoschool timetable
• 课金kè jīntax levied on a conquered people by an army; fee for a divination session; variant of 氪金
• 课间操kè jiān cāosetting-up exercises during the break (between classes)
• 课外读物kè wài dú wùextracurricular reading material
• 课征kè zhēngto levy (a tax)

Words containing 课

• 上课shàng kèto go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class
• 功课gōng kèhomework; assignment; task
• 旷课kuàng kèto play truant; to cut classes
• 下课xià kèto finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed
• 讲课jiǎng kèto give a lecture; to teach a class
• 授课shòu kèto teach; to give lessons
• 听课tīng kèto attend a class; to go to a lecture
• 补课bǔ kèto make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class
• 备课bèi kè(of a teacher) to do one's lesson preparation
• 逃课táo kèto skip class
• 选课xuǎn kèto select courses
• 开课kāi kèschool begins; give a course; teach a subject
• 选修课xuǎn xiū kèoptional course (in school)
• 必修课bì xiū kèrequired course; compulsory course
• 代课dài kèto teach as substitute for absent teacher
• 任课rèn kèto give classes; to work as a teacher
• 基础课jī chǔ kèbasic course; core curriculum
• 教课jiāo kèto teach class; to lecture
• 停课tíng kèto stop classes; to close (of school)
• 罢课bà kèstudent strike; to boycott classes
• 复课fù kèto resume classes
• 修课xiū kèto take a course
• 天课tiān kèzakat
• 对课duì kèto give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)

Characters built on 果

These share the phonetic component 果 (guǒ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 颗kēclassifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 棵kēclassifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
• 窠kēnest
• 稞kē(wheat)
• 髁kēcondyles
• 锞kègrease-pot for cart; ingot
• 骒kè(bound form) (of a horse, mule, camel etc) female

Characters that look like 课

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

• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 误wùmistake; error; to miss
• 谓wèito speak; to say; to name
• 谎huǎnglies; to lie
• 谍diéto spy
• 谏jiànto remonstrate; to admonish

Sounds the same

Read kè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 客customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
• 克to be able to; to subdue; to restrain
• 刻quarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 可used in 可汗
• 嗑to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
• 恪respectful; scrupulous
• 氪krypton (chemistry)
• 溘suddenly
• 缂used in 缂丝
• 榼Pusaetha scandens
• 搕to strike; to take in the hand
• 锞grease-pot for cart; ingot