科

kē

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:個|个[ge4]

grain (禾) + dipper (斗) = measuring out a field of study

A dipper (斗) was used to measure grain (禾), and from that act of sorting and measuring came the idea of classifying things into categories, fields, and branches.

禾+斗→科
斗A measuring dipperSemantic
禾GrainSemantic

他在大学选了理科专业。

tā zài dà xué xuǎn le lǐ kē zhuān yè。

He chose a science branch of study at university.

这个部门下面分了好几个科。

zhè ge bù mén xià miàn fēn le hǎo jǐ ge kē。

This department is divided into quite a few sections below it.

Words with 科

科索沃

kē suǒ wò

Kosovo

克拉科夫

kè lā kē fū

Krakow

季莫申科

jì mò shēn kē

Tymoshenko (name)

科学技术

kē xué jì shù

science and technology

科学研究

kē xué yán jiū

scientific research

专科学校

zhuān kē xué xiào

specialized school

科举

kē jǔ

imperial examination

预科

yù kē

preparatory course (in college)

科幻电影

kē huàn diàn yǐng

science fiction movie

肿瘤科

zhǒng liú kē

oncology

百科全书

bǎi kē quán shū

encyclopedia

菊科

jú kē

Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower

More characters with 禾

称和嵇秦委羲移