Kanji

科

department, course, section

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

禾部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カ

Nanori (Name Reading)

しな

Common Readings

カ

Example sentences

教科書 きょうかしょ
学校の教科書を忘れてしまった。

I forgot my school textbooks.

新 しん
新学期が始まり、新しい教科書を受け取った。

The new semester started, and I received new textbooks.

科学 かがく
彼は科学の進歩に貢献した。

He contributed to the progress of science.

奇妙 きみょう
その奇妙な現象は科学では説明できない。

That strange phenomenon cannot be explained by science.

科 か
彼は大学で英文科を専攻している。

He is majoring in English literature at the university.

虎 とら
虎はネコ科の中で最大の動物だ。

The tiger is the largest animal in the cat family.

科学者 かがくしゃ
彼は世界的に有名な科学者として知られている。

He is known as a world-famous scientist.

生物 せいぶつ
科学者は新種の生物を発見した。

The scientist discovered a new species of living thing.

科目 かもく
来学期の選択科目を決める。

I will decide next semester's elective subjects.

世界史 せかいし
高校生は必修科目として世界史を勉強する。

High school students study world history as a compulsory subject.

Example Vocabulary

教科書

きょうかしょ

textbook

科学

かがく

science

科

か

department; branch; family (biology)

科学者

かがくしゃ

scientist

科目

かもく

subject; course; item

教科

きょうか

理科

りか

science (school subject); natural sciences

前科

ぜんか

criminal record; previous conviction

外科

げか

surgery; surgical department

科学的

かがくてき

scientific

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