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科学

kēxué

science

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Characters in this word

科 kē

Strokes
9
Radical
禾 — cereal, grain, rice
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 斗 to struggle, to fight, to contend
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

学 xué

Strokes
8
Radical
子 — son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我喜欢科学。 Wǒ xǐhuan kēxué. I like science.
  • 科学很有用。 Kēxué hěn yǒu yòng. Science is very useful.
  • 科学不难学。 Kēxué bù nán xué. Science is not hard to learn.

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