科学

xué

Traditional: 科學

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Translation

science, scientific

Word origin

A compound of 科 (kē, branch or category) and 学 (xué, study, learning), giving the sense of systematic branches of knowledge.

Origin
compound
Root
科 (kē, branch, category) + 学 (xué, study)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 科

Stroke order for 学

Examples

She is very interested in science.

This is a scientific method.

Modern science is developing very fast.

The children are learning scientific knowledge.

We ought to trust science.

科学 (kē xué) means science as a body of knowledge, and is also used adjectivally to mean scientific or methodical. It heads a large family of compounds for academic disciplines.

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This word is part of lesson 40.