lesson

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

果 sound component

  Sound component

guǒ

  

fruit

Evolution

课 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
课 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
课 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
课 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lesson; course; classwork; subject; CL:|[mén]; class; CL:[táng],|[jié]; to levy; tax; form of divination

Most common words with 课
Freq.
Word
Meaning

subject

上课

to go to class

课程

course

课堂

classroom

课题

task