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本科

běnkē

undergraduate studies

A student holding a scroll and book
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Characters in this word

本 běn

Strokes
5
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

Example phrases

  • 他读本科。 Tā dú běnkē. He studies as an undergraduate.
  • 本科很忙。 Běnkē hěn máng. Undergraduate studies are very busy.
  • 我本科毕业。 Wǒ běnkē bìyè. I graduated from undergraduate studies.

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