Read Edit View history Discussion 科 kē HSK2 section Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the sound and 斗 represents the meaning. Depicts measuring out grain (禾) with a dipper (斗). Pinyin Separate values with commas kē × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 科 Simp strokes 科 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 科 Simp strokes 科 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 科 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 487, 739 ], [ 417, 747 ], [ 364, 709 ], [ 319, 686 ], [ 238, 650 ], [ 202, 643 ], [ 193, 634 ] ], [ [ 75, 482 ], [ 93, 476 ], [ 143, 476 ], [ 403, 545 ], [ 466, 556 ], [ 496, 552 ] ], [ [ 316, 660 ], [ 338, 645 ], [ 341, 634 ], [ 337, 278 ], [ 325, 132 ], [ 338, 51 ] ], [ [ 315, 496 ], [ 305, 486 ], [ 290, 428 ], [ 245, 358 ], [ 182, 282 ], [ 130, 233 ], [ 66, 187 ] ], [ [ 364, 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763,370Z", "M710,362C710,152 709,29 718,-23C724,-55 745,-57 750,-21C758,31 763,156 763,370C763,399 763,399 763,414C763,551 766,651 770,714C771,737 777,758 789,777C794,788 789,799 776,808C762,819 744,828 723,835C667,853 667,819 678,809C697,793 710,772 710,748C710,518 710,518 710,403C710,376 710,376 710,362Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.