Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 禾 (のぎ) – two branch tree

Henshall Mnemonic: course to categorize rice measures

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #531 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 科学   [かがく]
  (n) science   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 科目   [かもく]
  (n) (school) subject; curriculum; course   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 教科書   [きょうかしょ]
  (n) text book   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 外科   [げか]
  (n) surgical department   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 理科   [りか]
  (n) science   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 人文科学   [じんぶんかがく]
  social sciences; humanities   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学科   [がっか]
  (n) study subject; course of study   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会科学   [しゃかいかがく]
  social science   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 自然科学   [しぜんかがく]
  natural science   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 内科   [ないか]
  (n) internist clinic; internal medicine   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 産婦人科   [さんふじんか]
  (n) maternity and gynecology department   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 百科事典   [ひゃっかじてん]
  (n) encyclopedia   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 百科辞典   [ひゃっかじてん]
  (n) encyclopedia   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 眼科   [がんか]
  (n) ophthalmology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 歯科   [しか]
  (n) dentistry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 耳鼻科   [じびか]
  (n) otolaryngology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 教科   [きょうか]
  (n) subject; curriculum   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 科   [か]
  (n,n-suf) department; section   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 小児科   [しょうにか]
  (n) pediatrics   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 分科会   [ぶんかかい]
  subcommittee meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 皮膚科   [ひふか]
  (n) dermatology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 外科医   [げかい]
  (n) surgeon   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 選択科目   [せんたくかもく]
  subject of selection   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 産科   [さんか]
  (n) obstetrics   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 文科   [ぶんか]
  (n) (1) literary course; (2) the arts   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会科   [しゃかいか]
  (n) social studies   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医科   [いか]
  (n) medical science; medical department   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医科学   [いかがく]
  medical college   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 整形外科   [せいけいげか]
  (n) orthopaedic surgery; plastic surgery   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 家庭科   [かていか]
  (n) home economics   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 眼科医   [がんかい]
  ophthalmologist; eye specialist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 歯科医   [しかい]
  (n) dentist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 歯科医師   [しかいし]
  dentist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 精神科   [せいしんか]
  (n) psychiatry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 工科   [こうか]
  (n) engineering course   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 婦人科   [ふじんか]
  (n) gynecology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 科する   [かする]
  (vs-s) to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 科学技術庁   [かがくぎじゅつちょう]
  Science and Technology Agency   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 科学者   [かがくしゃ]
  (n) scientist   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 科 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.