科
kē HSK2

section

科 kē
branch noun
A branch of study, administrative section, division, or field.

他在医院的内科工作。

tā zài yī​yuàn de nèi kē gōng​zuò.

He works in the internal medicine department of the hospital.

family noun
A taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of organisms.

猫属于猫科动物。

māo shǔ​yú māo kē dòng​wù.

Cats belong to the feline family.

impose noun
To mete out punishment, levy taxes, or fine someone according to rules and laws.

法院依法对他科以罚金。

fǎ​yuàn yī​fǎ duì tā kē yǐ fá​jīn.

The court imposed a fine on him according to the law.

stage directions noun
Notations in traditional Chinese opera indicating movements, gestures, or facial expressions.

这段剧本里注有“笑科”。

zhè duàn jù​běn lǐ zhù yǒu“ xiào kē”.

There is a 'comic bit' noted in this part of the script.

course subject noun
A measure word used for academic courses or subjects.

他这学期被老师当了两科。

tā zhè xué​qī bèi lǎo​shī dàng le liǎng kē.

He failed two subjects this semester.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
277th most common 804.9 per million
Movie subtitles
549th most common 255.5 per million appears in 51% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
37.8 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
119.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+79D1

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)