kē
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Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the sound and 斗 represents the meaning. Depicts measuring out grain (禾) with a dipper (斗).
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 科
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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science | ||
science and technology | ||
field | ||
scientist | ||
surgery (branch of medicine) |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sources