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科 = 禾 + 斗

科 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “department”. It is built from 禾 (grain) and 斗 (big dipper). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1263.

Keyword
department
RTK frame
1263
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
отдел
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
科 section

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禾 grain
  2. 斗 big dipper

How to find 科 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “big dipper”. 科 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 科 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.