課

See also: 课

課	U+8AB2, 課 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AB2

← 誱
[U+8AB1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

誳 →
[U+8AB3]

Han character

課 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口田木 (YRWD), four-corner 0669₄, composition ⿰訁果)

Derived characters

𢸠𥌥𣋾

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1165, character 14

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35589

Dae Jaweon: page 1630, character 30

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3985, character 14

Unihan data for U+8AB2

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trad.		課
simp.		课

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Glyph origin

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	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	kloːlʔ, ɡloːlʔ, ɡroːlʔ, kʰluːls
裹	kloːlʔ, kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	kʰloːl, ɡroːlʔ
課	kʰloːl, kʰloːls
髁	kʰloːl, kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	kʰloːl, kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	kʰloːlʔ, kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	kʰloːlʔ, kʰloːls
夥	qʰloːlʔ, ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	qloːlʔ, kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

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Characters in the same phonetic series (果) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰloːl, *kʰloːls) : semantic 言 (“to say”) + phonetic 果 (OC *kloːlʔ) – to assess; to examine.

Pronunciation

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Variety	Location	edit 課
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰɤ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/kʰɤ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/kʰɤ⁵³/
	Jinan	/kʰə²¹/
	Qingdao	/kʰə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/kʰuo⁴⁴/
	Xining	/kʰu²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/kʰuə¹³/ /kʰə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kʰuə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kʰɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kʰuo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/kʰo¹³/
	Guiyang	/kʰo²¹³/
	Kunming	/kʰo²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kʰo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/kʰʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kʰuɤ⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/kʰuə³⁵/
	Hohhot	/kʰɤ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰu³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kʰəu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/kʰo⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/kʰu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰiu³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/kʰo⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰo⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kʰo⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰuo²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰo⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰo⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɔ³³/
	Nanning	/kʰɔ³³/
	Hong Kong	/fɔ³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kʰo²¹/ /kʰe²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kʰuɔ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kʰua³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰue²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xua³⁵/

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Rime
Character	課	課
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦禾切	苦卧切
Baxter	khwa	khwaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwa/	/kʰwa^H/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑ^H/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuō	kuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo¹	fo³

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	課	課
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4778	4784
Phonetic component	果	果
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	科
Old Chinese	/*kʰloːl/	/*kʰloːls/

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Mandarin
(Pinyin): kè (ke⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kho
Northern Min (KCR): kua̿
Eastern Min (BUC): kuó
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khò / khò͘ / khè / khòe

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuê³

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ko³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kè
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
  - Yale: kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fo³
  - Yale: fo
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kho
  - Hakka Romanization System: ko
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ko⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰo⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kua̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kuó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuɔ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kor⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò
  - Tâi-lô: khò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘
  - Tâi-lô: khòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè
  - Tâi-lô: khè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qex
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰe¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe
  - Tâi-lô: khuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /kʰue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰue¹¹/

Note:

khò/khò͘ - literary;
khè/khòe - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kuê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰue²¹³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: ko³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰɔ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵khu
  - MiniDict: khu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³⁴/

Dialectal data

Middle Chinese: khwa, khwaH

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːl/, /*kʰloːls/

Definitions

課

lesson (Classifier: 堂; 節／节 m)
course (Classifier: 門／门; 堂 c)
classwork
(literary) to check; to examine; to assess
(modern) to pay for online goods or services

Synonyms

(to check):

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審 / 审 (shěn)
審批 / 审批 (shěnpī, “to examine and approve”)
審查 / 审查 (shěnchá)
審核 / 审核 (shěnhé)
審計 / 审计 (shěnjì) (accounting, to audit)
對證 / 对证 (duìzhèng)
查對 / 查对 (cháduì)
查驗 / 查验 (cháyàn)
核可 (hékě, “to examine and approve”)
核定 (hédìng)
核對 / 核对 (héduì)
考查 (kǎochá)
考核 (kǎohé)

Compounds

上課 / 上课 (shàngkè)
下課 / 下课 (xiàkè)
五堂功課 / 五堂功课
代課 / 代课 (dàikè)
修課 / 修课 (xiūkè)
做功課 / 做功课 (zuò gōngkè)
停課 / 停课 (tíngkè)
兵役課 / 兵役课
兼課 / 兼课 (jiānkè)
功課 / 功课 (gōngkè)
功課表 / 功课表
卜課 / 卜课 (bǔkè)
占課
名實相課 / 名实相课
囫圇課 / 囫囵课
基礎課程 / 基础课程
夜課 / 夜课
大課 / 大课 (dàkè)
天課 / 天课
學課錢 / 学课钱
官課 / 官课
導修課 / 导修课 (dǎoxiūkè)
工課 / 工课
引課 / 引课
循名課實 / 循名课实
推計課稅 / 推计课税
排課 / 排课 (páikè)
授課 / 授课 (shòukè)
文王課 / 文王课
日省月課 / 日省月课
日課 / 日课 (rìkè)
早課 / 早课
晚課 / 晚课
曠課 / 旷课 (kuàngkè)
會課 / 会课
朝暮課誦 / 朝暮课诵
正課 / 正课
清課 / 清课
發課 / 发课
督課 / 督课
稅課 / 税课
窗課 / 窗课
第二課堂 / 第二课堂
缺課 / 缺课 (quēkè)
罷課 / 罢课 (bàkè)
聽課 / 听课 (tīngkè)
自課 / 自课
茶課 / 茶课
補課 / 补课 (bǔkè)
訛言課語 / 讹言课语
課入 / 课入
課勸 / 课劝
課卷 / 课卷
課命 / 课命
課員 / 课员
課嘴撩牙 / 课嘴撩牙
課堂 / 课堂 (kètáng)
課外 / 课外 (kèwài)
課外活動 / 课外活动
課外讀物 / 课外读物
課外輔導 / 课外辅导
課役 / 课役
課後輔導 / 课后辅导
課徵 / 课征
課文 / 课文 (kèwén)
課時 / 课时 (kèshí)
課本 / 课本 (kèběn)
課業 / 课业 (kèyè)
課業輔導 / 课业辅导
課牙 / 课牙
課目 / 课目
課程 / 课程 (kèchéng)
課稅 / 课税 (kèshuì)
課稅所得 / 课税所得
課程表 / 课程表 (kèchéngbiǎo)
課算 / 课算
課藝 / 课艺
課表 / 课表 (kèbiǎo)
課試 / 课试 (kèshì)
課語訛言 / 课语讹言
調課 / 调课
課金 / 课金 (kèjīn)
課銀 / 课银
課錢 / 课钱
課長 / 课长 (kèzhǎng)
課頭 / 课头
課題 / 课题 (kètí)
課餘 / 课余 (kèyú)
課馬 / 课马
講課 / 讲课 (jiǎngkè)
起課 / 起课 (qǐkè)
蹺課 / 跷课
蹭課 / 蹭课 (cèngkè)
逃課 / 逃课 (táokè)
選課 / 选课 (xuǎnkè)
重複課稅 / 重复课税
量能課稅 / 量能课税
開課 / 开课 (kāikè)
馬前課 / 马前课
鹽課 / 盐课

Kanji

課

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
Kun: わりあてる (wariateru, 課てる)、はかる (hakaru, 課る)、こころみる (kokoromiru, 課みる)

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課(か) • (-ka)

lessons
第(だい)二(に)課(か)
dai-ni-ka
Lesson 2
chapters of a book

Noun

課(か) • (ka)

lesson
section, department^[1]

Suffix

課(か) • (-ka)

References

[1]
“課”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Hanja

課 (eumhun 과정 과 (gwajeong gwa))

hanja form^? of 과 (“lesson”)
hanja form^? of 과 (“course”)
hanja form^? of 과 (“classwork”)

Han character

課: Hán Nôm readings: khóa/khoá, khỏa/khoả, thỏa/thoả, thuở, thuả

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[1] [1]
“課”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

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課

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