本科
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
本科 (běnkē) · undergraduate
本科 (běnkē) means “undergraduate; bachelor's degree”. It is written with 2 characters: 本 (measure word for books) + 科 (subject). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 本科 is built
The characters
本 běn · measure word for books
What 本 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A tree 木 with its roots highlighted (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
科 kē · subject
What 科 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 斗dòu — to struggle
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A hand measuring 斗 grain 禾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
她是本科毕业生。Tā shì běnkē bìyèshēng.She has a bachelor's degree.
你的本科专业是什么？Nǐ de běnkē zhuānyè shì shénme?What was your undergraduate major?
Questions about 本科
What does 本科 mean?
本科 (běnkē) means “undergraduate; bachelor's degree”.
How do you pronounce 本科?
本科 is pronounced běnkē.
Which HSK level is 本科?
本科 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 本子běnzinotebook
- 课本kèběntextbook
- 笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook
- 本来běnláioriginally
- 本领běnlǐngskill
- 本事běnshiability
- 根本gēnběnat all (in negatives)
- 基本jīběnbasic
- 基本上jīběnshangbasically
- 本质běnzhìessence
Learn 本科 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 34: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.