HSK 6 · Education

科目 kēmù “(school) subject” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 科目 means

  1. (school) subject
  2. course
  3. academic subject
  4. field of study

How to say 科目

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale科kē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale目mù4th tone, falling

科目 in a sentence

  1. 数学是我最喜欢的科目。

    Shùxué shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de kēmù.

    Maths is my favourite subject.

    Sentence #834682 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 她最弱的科目是科学。

    Tā zuì ruò de kēmù shì kēxué.

    Her weakest subject is science.

    Sentence #1401706 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你在学校里读哪些科目？

    Nǐ zài xuéxiào lǐ dú nǎxiē kēmù?

    What subjects are you taking at school?

    Sentence #775762 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 科目 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 科 (kē) with each of its parts in a different colour
科kēbranch of study
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 斗dipper · dǒu
The character 目 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
目mùeye
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 二two · èr

Memory aidDrawn from an eye, turned upright: eye.

How to write 科目

科 9 strokes · 目 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

科目 (kēmù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 科目 (kēmù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 科目

Words with 科

科学kēxué · science内科nèikē · internal medicine本科běnkē · undergraduate course

Words with 目

节目jiémù · programme目的mùdì · purpose目前mùqián · at the present time目录mùlù · catalogue题目tímù · subject项目xiàngmù · item目标mùbiāo · target目光mùguāng · gaze目睹mùdǔ · to witness盲目mángmù · blind

More words: Education & Learning

教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in记性jìxing · memory (ability to remember)考古kǎogǔ · archaeology课题kètí · research topic旷课kuàngkè · to skip class母语mǔyǔ · mother tongue撇piě · left-falling stroke (丿)

FAQs

科目 (kēmù) means “(school) subject” or “course”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kēmù: kē with a 1st tone, then mù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 科目 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kemu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 科目 from the suggestions. Typing kemu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
科目 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.