科学
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
科学 (kēxué) · science
科学 (kēxué) means “science; scientific”. It is written with 2 characters: 科 (subject) + 学 (to study). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 科学 is built
The characters
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)
学 xué · to study
What 学 is made of
- ⺍ — three-stroke
- 冖mì — cover
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我很喜欢科学。Wǒ hěn xǐhuan kēxué.I really like science.
这样做不科学。Zhèyàng zuò bù kēxué.Doing it this way isn't scientific.
Questions about 科学
What does 科学 mean?
科学 (kēxué) means “science; scientific”.
How do you pronounce 科学?
科学 is pronounced kēxué.
Which HSK level is 科学?
科学 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 科技kējìscience and technology
- 本科běnkēundergraduate
- 内科nèikēinternal medicine
- 科目kēmùsubject
- 科kēsubject
- 大学dàxuéuniversity
- 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
- 放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 上学shàngxuéto go to school
Learn 科学 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 5: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.