漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
課: chapter, lesson
Also: section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
JLPT N215 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 果 gives the sound
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 一課いっかlesson one
- 日課にっかdaily routine
- 放課後ほうかごafter school
- 人事課じんじかpersonnel department
- 課長かちょうsection manager
- 課題かだいtask
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 to say (meaning) + 果 (sound)
To assess; to examine.
Source: Wiktionary, 課 (rev. 93556125), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side課 chapter · 果
vs諸 various · 者In ChineseSimplified 课 · traditional, as in Japanese · kè
Japan keeps the traditional form 課; mainland China simplifies it to 课.
- Simplified
- 课 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 課 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kè most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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