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Chinese symbol for “undergraduate”

本科
běn kē
undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for undergraduate is 本科 (běn kē), defined as: undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

本 běn
root, origin, source; basis
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 本科.

WordPinyinMeaning
根本gēn běnfundamental; basic
基本jī běnbasic; fundamental
版本bǎn běnversion; edition
资本 (資本)zī běncapital (economics)
本来 (本來)běn láioriginal; originally
本身běn shēnitself; in itself
科技kē jìscience and technology
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge

See also: Japanese symbol for “undergraduate”.

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.

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