课 kè▶ lección

Stroke order

课 is written in 10 strokes.

• 课

Senses

1. subject
2. course
3. class
4. lesson
5. to levy
6. tax
7. form of divination

Example sentences

• 我们今天有汉语课。Wǒmen jīntiān yǒu Hànyǔ kè.We have a Chinese lesson today.
• 我喜欢这儿的课。Wǒ xǐhuan zhèr de kè.I like the lessons here.

Related words

• 课程currículo
• 旷课Absentismo
• 课题tema

课 is pronounced kè and means “lección”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 课 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.