# 科 — Science

Frequency rank 366 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 材 (Lumber), less common than 売 (Sell).

- On’yomi: か
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 禾 Grain (Kangxi 115)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Grain (grain) grows on the left and a ladle (ladle) measures on the right — using a ladle to measure grain precisely — that's the science of agriculture, measurement applied to nature.

In words:

- 科 か — department;section
- 科学 かがく — science
- 科目 かもく — (school) subject,curriculum,course

[Study 科](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E7%A7%91)

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