课kè
subject, lesson, course; classwork. 10 strokes, radical 讠, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 课
Strokes 1–2 write 讠, then strokes 3–10 write 果.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 课 · the stroke-order rules
What 课 is made of
讠 (yán, words) and 果 (guǒ, fruit).
讠 carries the meaning — speech — and 果 carries the sound.
Words that use 课
| 课 | class, lesson 教学讲堂划分安排的各个单元学时 你们大学每天要上几节课呀？也要天天考试吗？How many classes does your university have each day? Do you have tests every day too? Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 13, 问学校与上课 |
| 课堂 | classroom 老师上课、学生听课的地方 课堂上传来阵阵掌声。Applause rippled through the classroom. Lesson 45, 快乐课堂 · 研精竭虑与博闻多能 · Rigorous Inquiry & Versatile Learning |
| 课程 | a course 学校安排学生要学的一门内容 这学期学校新开了一门课程。The school has just opened a new course this term. Lesson 111, 课堂时光 · 校园成长与学习探索 · Campus Growth & Learning Adventures |
| 功课 | schoolwork 放学后要在家完成的练习 他每天晚上都认真做功课。Every evening he carefully finishes his homework. Lesson 111, 课堂时光 · 校园成长与学习探索 · Campus Growth & Learning Adventures |
| 课题 | research topic, subject of study 指开展研究所围绕的具体问题 科研团队开展国家级重点课题。The research team took on a national-level key topic. Lesson 449, 统筹攻坚 · 文武兼修与科学攻坚 · Cultural Elegance & Scientific Frontiers |
| 补课 | to give extra lessons, tutor 指为落后的学生额外讲课 老师热心为生病学生补课。The teacher warmly tutored the sick students. Lesson 546, 勉力补学 · 笃学求进与兼爱济民 · Educational Resilience & Civic Compassion |
| 讲课 | to teach a class, lecture 指讲解知识、授课 老将军受邀来到军校讲课。The veteran general lectured at the military academy. Lesson 598, 笃行明辨 · 明辨求是与卓越笃行 · Rigorous Discernment, Discipline & Excellence |
| 上课 | to attend class, class begins 按照课表师生齐聚开讲受业的教学时段 我们上午八点半上课，十一点半下课。our classes start at half past eight in the morning, and end at half past eleven. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 13, 问学校与上课 |
| 下课 | class ends 一节课讲完离开座位去玩 我们上午八点半上课，十一点半下课。Our classes start at half past eight in the morning, and end at half past eleven. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 13, 问学校与上课 |
Characters that share the sound part 果
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 讠
All 50 of them, and what the radical means, on the 言 radical page.