科
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kē · section, department

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HSK 3.0 · Level 6Frequency #1543
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9Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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禾Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 科

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kēWords pronounced kē
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Example sentences

Notice where 科 sits in each complete thought.

Méi yǒu kē xué jiù méi yǒu wèi lái.没有科学就没有未来。

Without science, there is no future.

Source: Tatoeba #3625277 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shù xué shì tā zuì qiáng de kē mù.数学是他最强的科目。

Mathematics is his strongest subject.

Source: Tatoeba #659817 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tiān qì de yù bào shì hěn kē xué de.天气的预报是很科学的。

The weather is forecast scientifically.

Source: Tatoeba #1944122 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ wán quán bú shì kē xué jiā.我完全不是科学家。

I am not a scientist at all.

Source: Tatoeba #7771668 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè shì yí bù kē xué huàn xiǎng xiǎo shuō.这是一部科学幻想小说。

This is a science fiction book.

Source: Tatoeba #10269026 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Kē xué gǎi biàn le wǒ men de shēng huó.科学改变了我们的生活。

Science has changed our life.

Source: Tatoeba #2188486 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 科 in context

  1. Say kē, then recall the core meaning: section, department.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 本科 (běn kē), meaning “undergraduate course”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 科 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.