Chinese symbol for “laws”
科
kē
branch of study; administrative section; division; field
The closest CC-CEDICT match for laws is 科 (kē), defined as: branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 科.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 科学 (科學) | kē xué | science; scientific knowledge |
| 科学家 (科學家) | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 学科 (學科) | xué kē | subject; branch of learning |
| 百科 | bǎi kē | universal; encyclopedic |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
See also: Japanese symbol for “laws”.
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.