课 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

kè HSK1

lesson

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound. Simplified form of 課.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

果 Sound component

guǒ fruit

Change in sound

课 and 果 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound.

言 Meaning component

yán speech

果 Sound component

guǒ fruit

Change in sound

課 and 果 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
課 kʰloːl
果 *[k]ˤo[r]ʔ

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kʰloːl
	kʰloːls

《說文》：“課，試也。从言，果聲。”