Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 科

科

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Meaning

 course, section

Pronunciation

 KA

Explanation

 Left: rice plant 禾, right: measure of volume 斗 (1 TO = 18 l; stylized ladle with sth. on it)

Mnemonic

How rice plants can be measured is taught in: a course.

Radicals

禾 rice plant(It is shown the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe grain of rice has this radical: 米.)
斗 Measure of volume(Radical: tomasu)
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Vocabulary

小児科医 しょうにかい paediatrician
人文科学 じんぶんかがく cultural science
科 か department, section, faculty
外科 げか surgical department
精神科 せいしんか psychiatry
耳鼻科 じびか otolaryngology
歯科 しか dentistry
内科 ないか internist clinic, internal medicine
教科書 きょうかしょ text book

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