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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kē | ke1
English translation
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:
>[gè]
section, department; field, branch; science

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A hand measuring Dǒu grain 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

禾斗

Explanation

Depicts measuring out grain () with a dipper ( Dǒu ).

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利尔 jiù 这样 zhè yàng yòu 谨慎 jǐnshèn yòu 活跃 huóyuè de tóng 那个 nà ge 饭摊 pāo shǎng le .

Collier and I infested the grub tent with care and activity.

杰夫 Jié fū shì huó 百科全书 bǎi kē quán shū , 什么 shénme dōu dǒng .

Geoff is a walking encyclopedia. He knows about everything.

飞秒 fēi miǎo 激光 jī guāng Wēi 加工 jiāgōng shì Mén 新兴 Xīn xīng de 学科 xué kē ,具有 jù yǒu 广阔 guǎngkuò de 应用 yìngyòng 前景 qiánjǐng .

Femtosecond laser processing is an emerging field and has important application prospects.

以上 yǐ shàng shì 科辣 Hēi Sūn 默辣子孙 zǐ sūn 守门 shǒu mén de 班次 bān cì .

These were the classes of the gatekeepers, descendants Kore and Merari.

产地 chǎn dì Cóng 阿拉斯加 Ā lā sī jiā dào 加利福尼亚 Jiā lì fú ní yà , Dōng 到达 dàodá zhōu 科罗拉多 Kē luó lā duō zhōu .

Alaska to Baja California and east to the Dakotas and Colorado.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
科学 kēxué science科學
科技 kē jì science and technology科技 kē jì
field
科学家 kē xué jiā scientist科學家
外科 wài kē surgery (branch of medicine)外科 wài kē
科研 kē yán (scientific) research科研 kē yán
莫斯科 Mò sī kē Moscow, capital of Russia莫斯科 Mò sī kē
学科 xué kē subject學科
前科 qián kē criminal record前科 qián kē
科学技术 kē xué jì shù science and technology科學技術
高科技 gāo kē jì high tech高科技 gāo kē jì
本科 běnkē undergraduate course本科 běnkē
科幻 kē huàn science fiction科幻 kē huàn
迪斯科 dí sī kē disco (loanword)迪斯科 dí sī kē
科尔 Kē ěr Kohl (name)科爾
专科 zhuān kē specialized subject專科
科目 kēmù subject科目 kēmù
内科 nèikē internal medicine內科
儿科 ér kē pediatrics兒科
教科书 jiào kē shū textbook教科書
妇科 fù kē gynecology婦科
科普 kē pǔ popular science科普 kē pǔ

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