科 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

科 English definition

  • 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]

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : place name;
  • : handle of ax; stem;
  • : classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc;
  • : jade-like stone;
  • : disease; also pr. [e1];
  • : to doze off; sleepy;
  • : to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc);
  • : (wheat);
  • : nest;
  • : big; hunger;
  • : severe; exacting;
  • : big; hungry-looking;
  • : tadpole;
  • : to jolt;
  • : given name of Mencius;
  • : columbium;
  • : chin;
  • : classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc;
  • : condyles;

Sentences examples with 科

  • 他在学校里学习了很多科学知识。
    Tā zài xuéxiào lǐ xuéxíle hěnduō kēxué zhīshì.

Words containing 科, by HSK level