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Kanji Detail for 科 - "department, course, section"

科

  • Meaning

    科 means "department, course, section."

    1. Category - Division; type; degree; grade.

    2. Crime - Offense; fault; mistake.

    3. To assign - To allocate; to impose taxes or punishments.

    4. Examination - Civil service exams; tests for selecting talent; also, the subjects.

    5. Hollow - A depression; a round cavity.

    6. Gesture - Actions of actors or performers.

    7. Family - A unit in biological classification.

  • Words using 科

    • 科学 かがく Listen science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
    • 教科書 きょうかしょ Listen textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
    • 学科 がっか Listen subject (of study); course of study; department (of a university)
    • 外科 げか Listen surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
    • 医科 いか Listen medical science; medical department
    • 科学技術庁 かがくぎじゅつちょう Listen Science and Technology Agency (1956-2001)
    • 理科 りか Listen science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
    • 科目 かもく Listen (school) subject; curriculum; course

  • Name readings of 科

    Surnames 科(け)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    department; course; section

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    section, department, science

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    section, department; field, branch; science

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    category crime to assign appoint degree level examination gesture hole hollow tax penalty taxonomic unit department section course branch curriculum discipline division faculty field major minor specialization subject

Sentences including 科

  • She has to study science.

  • Which subject do you like best?

  • The boy grew up to be a scientist.

  • The scientist is famous both at home and abroad.

  • Math is the last subject that i want to study.

  • She has little knowledge of science.

  • I am determined to be a scientist.

  • Mathematics is an easy subject for me.

  • Which subject do you like best?

  • We like english the best of all our subjects.

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