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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)

主科
zhǔkē
required books in the major subject
亚科
yàkē
subfamily (taxonomy)
偏科
piānkē
to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others)
儿科
érkē
pediatrics
内科
nèikē
internal medicine
HSK 5
前科
qiánkē
criminal record
商科
Shāngkē
Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)
商科
shāngkē
business studies
外科
wàikē
surgery (branch of medicine)
妇科
fùkē
gynecology
学科
xuékē
subject
专科
zhuānkē
specialized subject
工科
gōngkē
engineering as an academic subject
思科
Sīkē
Cisco Systems Company
文科
wénkē
liberal arts
本科
běnkē
undergraduate book
HSK 5
松科
sōngkē
pinaceae
桑科
Sāngkē
Moraceae (type of flowering plant)
燕科
yànkē
Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)
牙科
yákē
dentistry

Metadata

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

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