Chinese Character 科 Meanings and components.

Form

科

Meaning

科 meaning[3] in English

Branch Of Study.

Administrative Section.

Division.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 科 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , and abbr. for the … (斗)

Its radical[1] is: 禾 (he2) which means: Cereal, Grain, .禾he2cereal

In cangjie it is written with HDYJ

How to write 科

To write科ke1branch of … you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 斗dou4abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

禾 + 斗 = 科

科 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 科 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 科, looks as follow:

科
Pinyin:ke1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: 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]
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
斗
Pinyin:dou4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For The Big Dipper Constellation 北斗星[Bei3 Dou3 Xing1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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