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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kè | ke4
English translation
subject
course
CL: mén
> Mén [mén]
class
lesson
CL: táng [táng], jié
> jiē [jié]
to levy
tax
form of divination
subject, lesson, course; classwork

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠果

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

guǒ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and guǒ represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Jiào le tiān , 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié .

At the end of a day's teaching, her nerves were absolutely shattered.

xiǎng qiáo 睡觉 shuìjiào .

I was sorely tempted to miss class and sleep in instead.

zài 中学 zhōng xué 每周 měi zhōu Jiào 音乐课.

She instructs music once a week at a middle school.

当然 dāngrán , 我们 wǒmen shǎng wán jiē 英语 Yīng yǔ Hòu , zǒng yāo yǒu 家庭 jiātíng 作业 zuòyè .

Certainly, we always have some homework after an English class.

zhè piān 课文 kè wén hěn jiān .

This lesson is very easy.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
subject
上课 shàng kè to go to class上課
课程 kèchéng course課程
课堂 kè táng classroom課堂
课题 kètí task課題
功课 gōng kè homework功課
下课 xià kè to finish class下課
课本 kè běn textbook課本
课外 kè wài extracurricular課外
讲课 jiǎng kè teach講課
逃课 táo kè to skip class逃課
授课 shòu kè to teach授課
代课 dài kè to teach as substitute for absent teacher代課
课文 kè wén text課文
补课 bǔ kè to make up missed lesson補課
听课 tīng kè to attend a class聽課
课时 kè shí class課時
课余 kè yú after school課餘
课间 kè jiān interval between lessons課間
必修课 bì xiū kè required course必修課
课桌 kè zhuō school desk課桌
停课 tíng kè to stop classes停課
开课 kāi kè school begins開課
备课 bèi kè (of a teacher) to prepare lessons備課

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Decomposition

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