IDENTITY
课kèlesson; class
HSK 1Top 520
CORE MEANING
lesson; class
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.lesson; classHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠果
- speech
- gives the sound kè (historical)
USAGE
Common words
上课shàngkèto attend class
下课xiàkèclass ends
课文kèwénlesson text
Graded examples
我们八点上课。Wǒmen bā diǎn shàngkè.HSK1
Our class starts at eight.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 棵
LEARNING
Memory aid
Lessons are words (讠) that bear fruit (果) — courses.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #520
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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