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科

科

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

科 (radical 115 禾+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木卜十 (HDYJ), four-corner 24900, composition ⿰禾斗)

References

  • KangXi: page 850, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24950
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1274, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2595, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+79D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 科

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 科
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (禾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
科 *kʰoːl, *kʰoːls
萪 *kʰoːl
蝌 *kʰoːl
犐 *kʰoːl
禾 *ɡoːl
和 *ɡoːl, *ɡoːls
咊 *ɡoːl
盉 *ɡoːl, *ɡoːls
龢 *ɡoːl
鉌 *ɡoːl
俰 *ɡoːls

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 禾 ‎(“grain”) + 斗 ‎(“measuring tool”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 科 科
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 戈 (95) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 苦禾切 苦卧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰuɑ/ /kʰuɑH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰuɑ/ /kʰuɑH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰuɑ/ /kʰuɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰwa/ /kʰwaH/
Li
Rong		 /kʰuɑ/ /kʰuɑH/
Wang
Li		 /kʰuɑ/ /kʰuɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰuɑ/ /kʰuɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kuō kuò
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 科 科
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4926 4930
Phonetic
component		 禾 禾
Rime
group		 歌 歌
Rime
subdivision		 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 科
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰoːl/ /*kʰoːls/

Definitions

科

  1. sort; class; kind
  2. law; regulation
  3. (historical) imperial examination
  4. article; clause
  5. norms; rules
  6. division; branch (of study)   (Classifier: 個／个)
  7. section; department
  8. (taxonomy) family
  9. to pass a sentence
  10. to check; to examine
  11. to punish; to fine or levy taxes

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

科

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. grade
  2. categorized classes or the text of law
  3. graded crimes
  4. examinations graded in classes
  5. divide taxes or crimes
  6. a (circular) hole

Readings

Compounds

References

  • New Nelson: 4130
  • Halpern: 1138
  • Halpern Learners: 775
  • Heisig: 1179
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 5d4.3
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Suffix

科 ‎(hiragana か, romaji -ka)

  1. department, section
  2. (taxonomy) family

Korean

Hanja

科 • ‎(gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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Compounds

  • 科料

Vietnamese

Han character

科 (khoa)

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