Chinese symbol for “subfamily”
亚科
yà kē
Traditional: 亞科
subfamily (taxonomy)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subfamily is 亚科 (yà kē), defined as: subfamily (taxonomy).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subfamily”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 亚科.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南亚 (南亞) | nán Yà | southern Asia |
| 亚军 (亞軍) | yà jūn | second place (in a sports contest); runner-up |
| 亚热带 (亞熱帶) | yà rè dài | subtropical (zone or climate) |
| 路亚 (路亞) | lù yà | (loanword) lure fishing |
| 亚麻 (亞麻) | yà má | flax |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subfamily”.
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.