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课 — subject; course; class

subject; course; class; lesson; to levy; tax; form of divination

Pinyin
kè
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 课: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

课 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 课 in the HSK syllabus: 12

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 课kèsubject; course; class; lesson; to levy; taxHSK 1
  2. 上课shàngkèto go to class; to attend classHSK 1
  3. 下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of classHSK 1
  4. 课本kèběntextbookHSK 3
  5. 课文kèwéntextHSK 3
  6. 功课gōngkèhomework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; studyHSK 4
  7. 课程kèchéngcourse; academic programHSK 4
  8. 课堂kètángclassroom; class sessionHSK 4
  9. 补课bǔkèto make up missed lesson; to reschedule a classHSK 6
  10. 课题kètítask; problem; issueHSK 6
  11. 备课bèikèto do one's lesson preparationHSK 7–9
  12. 旷课kuàngkèto play truant; to cut classesHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.