Chinese symbol for “course”
课程
kè chéng
Traditional: 課程
course; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for course is 课程 (kè chéng), defined as: course; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “course”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流程 | liú chéng | course; stream |
| 历程 (歷程) | lì chéng | course; process |
| 航向 | háng xiàng | course; direction (a ship or plane is heading in) |
| 经过 (經過) | jīng guò | to pass; to go through |
| 轨 (軌) | guǐ | (bound form) rail; track; course; path |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 课程.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 课题 (課題) | kè tí | task; problem |
| 上课 (上課) | shàng kè | to go to class; to attend class |
| 课堂 (課堂) | kè táng | classroom (间 (jiān)); class session |
| 授课 (授課) | shòu kè | to teach; to give lessons |
| 功课 (功課) | gōng kè | homework; assignment |
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering; an engineering project |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “course”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.