課

See also: 课

課 U+8AB2, 課 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AB2 ← 誱 [U+8AB1] CJK Unified Ideographs 誳 → [U+8AB3]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𢸠 𥌥 𣋾

References

• KangXi: 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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Chinese

trad.		課
simp.		课

Glyph origin

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

	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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kè (ke⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kho
• Min Bei (KCR): kua̿
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khò / khò͘ / khè / khòe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuê³

• Wu (Wiktionary): khu (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo³
    • Yale: fo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kho
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kua̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua³³/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: khu (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰv̩ʷ³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

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/
	Tunxi	/kʰo⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰo⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/kʰo⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰuo²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰo⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/kʰo⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɔ³³/
	Nanning	/kʰɔ³³/
	Hong Kong	/fɔ³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kʰo²¹/ /kʰe²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kʰuɔ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kʰua³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kʰue²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/xua³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰuɑ/, /kʰuɑ^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwa/	/kʰwaH/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑH/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuō	kuò

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːl/, /*kʰloːls/

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/

Definitions

課

1. lesson (Classifier: 堂; 節／节 m)
2. course (Classifier: 門／门; 堂 c)
3. classwork
4. (literary) to check; to examine; to assess

Synonyms

• (to check):

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Synonyms of 課

• 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)

• 查對／查对 (cháduì)
• 查驗／查验 (cháyàn)
• 核定 (hédìng)

• 核對／核对 (héduì)
• 考查 (kǎochá)
• 考核 (kǎohé)

Compounds

Derived terms from 課

• 上課／上课 (shàngkè)
• 下課／下课 (xiàkè)
• 五堂功課／五堂功课
• 代課／代课 (dàikè)
• 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
• 占課／占课
• 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
• 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
• 授課／授课 (shòukè)
• 排課／排课 (páikè)
• 推計課稅／推计课税
• 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
• 課稅／课税 (kèshuì)
• 課稅所得／课税所得
• 課程／课程 (kèchéng)
• 課程表／课程表 (kèchéngbiǎo)
• 課算／课算
• 課藝／课艺
• 課表／课表 (kèbiǎo)
• 課試／课试
• 課語訛言／课语讹言
• 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
• 調課／调课
• 講課／讲课 (jiǎngkè)
• 起課／起课
• 蹭課／蹭课 (cèngkè)
• 蹺課／跷课
• 逃課／逃课 (táokè)
• 選課／选课
• 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

Further reading

• “Entry #11386”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]‎^[1] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

課

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
• Kun: こころみる (kokoromiru, 課みる)

Counter

課(か) • (-ka) 

1. lessons

   第(だい)二(に)課(か)

   dai-ni-ka

   Lesson 2

2. chapters of a book

Noun

課(か) • (ka) 

1. lesson

Suffix

課(か) • (-ka) 

1. section, department
2. lesson

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Korean

Hanja

課 (eumhun 과정 과 (gwajeong gwa))

1. Hanja form^? of 과 (“lesson”).
2. Hanja form^? of 과 (“course”).
3. Hanja form^? of 과 (“classwork”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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