科 – department, course, section

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The kanji 科 means department, course, section. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: 禾・斗.

Words using 科

科学かがくscience科目かもく(school) subject教科書きょうかしょtextbook科かdepartment (of a university or hospital)学科がっかsubject (of study)外科げかsurgery (branch of medicine)内科ないかinternal medicine理科りかscience (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.)自然科学しぜんかがくnatural science社会科学しゃかいかがくsocial science人文科学じんぶんかがくhumanities百科事典ひゃっかじてんencyclopedia歯科しかdentistry眼科がんかophthalmology教科きょうかsubject小児科しょうにかpediatrics耳鼻科じびかotolaryngology産婦人科さんふじんかmaternity and gynaecology department (gynecology)

Example sentences

科学は観察に基づいている。

Science rests upon observation.

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どの科目が一番好きですか。

Which subject do you like best?

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教科書はどうしたらいいんでしょうか。

Where do we get the textbooks?

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Kanji with the same radical

私税移種程積秋秀秘称秒稲稼秩稿穏

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