课

课 · kè

lesson; course; classwork

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

lesson; course; classwork

Mandarin
kè
Cantonese
fo3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8BFE
Radical
讠 · 149
Strokes
10 · Unihan
Residual
8

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

10 strokes
课
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

10 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰讠果(G)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 课

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

Sentence context · 1 matches

法语课上得怎样?

How was the French class?
Source, contributors & licenses

Mandarin: Tatoeba #393408 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: GlossaMatik · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #393407 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: shekitten

Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.

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History & distinctions

Related forms

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
kè
kCantonese
fo3
kDefinition
lesson; course; classwork
kTotalStrokes
10
kRSUnicode
149'.8
kTraditionalVariant
U+8AB2
kTGH
2013:2120

Readings across dictionaries

Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
64dictionary records using 课0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
讠 beside 果 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰讠果$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰讠果$(G)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.