branch of study

administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]

grain (禾) + dipper (斗) = measuring out a field of study

A dipper (斗) was used to measure grain (禾), and from that act of sorting and measuring came the idea of classifying things into categories, fields, and branches.

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A measuring dipperSemantic
GrainSemantic

他在大学选了理专业。

tā zài dà xué xuǎn le lǐ kē zhuān yè。

He chose a science branch of study at university.

这个部门下面分了好几个

zhè ge bù mén xià miàn fēn le hǎo jǐ ge kē。

This department is divided into quite a few sections below it.

Words with 科

通俗科学

tōng sú kē xué

popular science

运科

yùn kē

(Tw) sports science (abbr. for 運動科學|运动科学[yun4 dong4 ke1 xue2])

达科塔·芬妮

dá kē tǎ · fēn nī

Dakota Fanning, American actress

鸻科

héng kē

Charadriidae (plover family)

边角科

biān jiǎo kē

leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)

医科

yī kē

medicine (as a science)

医科大学

yī kē dà xué

university of medicine

医科学校

yī kē xué xiào

medical school

金科玉律

jīn kē yù lǜ

golden rule

闵科夫斯基

mǐn kē fū sī jī

Minkowski (name)

阿亨科技大学

ā hēng kē jì dà xué

RWTH Aachen University

阿卡普尔科

ā kǎ pǔ ěr kē

Acapulco, city in Mexico

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