Dong Chinese dictionary

kè

lesson

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound. Simplified form of 課.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

果 Sound component

guǒ

fruit

课 and 果 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

kè

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

Most common words with 课

Sources