Memory phrase for the Kanji: 科

科

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Meaning

course, section

Pronunciation

 KA

Explanation

 Left: rice plant 禾, right: measure of volume 斗 (1 TO = 18 l; stylized ladle with sth. on it)

Mnemonic
How rice plants can be measured is taught in: a course.

Radicals

禾 rice plantIt showns the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe grain of rice has this radical: 米.
斗 Measure of volumeRadical: tomasu
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Vocabulary

 小児科医  しょうにかい  paediatrician
 人文科学  じんぶんかがく  cultural science
 科  か  department, section, faculty
 外科  げか  surgical department
 精神科  せいしんか  psychiatry
 耳鼻科  じびか  otolaryngology
 歯科  しか  dentistry
 内科  ないか  internist clinic, internal medicine
 教科書  きょうかしょ  text book

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