科大 (kē dà) — University of Science and Technology (abbreviat…

Definition

noun

University of Science and Technology (abbreviation)

科大。
Tā kǎo shàng le kē dà de yán jiū shēng.
He was admitted to graduate school at the University of Science and Technology.
科大。
kē dà De xiào yuán fēi cháng dà.
The campus of the University of Science and Technology is very large.
科大。
Wǒ péng you zài kē dà dú wù lǐ.
My friend studies physics at the University of Science and Technology.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾斗科

Meaning part形符xíngfú

斗斗dòumeasuring tool

Sound part声符shēngfú

禾

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

科 pairs 禾, which gives the hé sound, with 斗, a measuring tool.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.