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科
kē
1. branch of study
2. administrative chapter
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
13. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

科
kē
section, department; field, branch; science
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

科研
kēyán
(scientific) research
猫科
māokē
Felidae (the cat family)
科室
kēshì
department
科目
kēmù
subject
HSK 6
苋科
xiànkē
Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) [[莧菜]]
豆科
dòukē
Fabaceae
科克
kēkè
cork
科学
kēxué
science
HSK 4
科林
Kēlín
Colin (name)
科甲
kējiǎ
imperial examinations
科考
kēkǎo
preliminary round of imperial examinations
茄科
qiékē
Solanaceae (the potato and eggplant family)
蝗科
huángkē
Acridoidea (family containing grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
蝉科
chánkē
Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
百科
bǎikē
universal
科企
kēqǐ
science & technology and industry
文科
wénkē
liberal arts
科名
kēmíng
rank obtained in the imperial examinations
科技
kējì
science and technology
科普
kēpǔ
popular science

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
276
Word Frequency Rank
476 of 84,292

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