理科

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	branch of study; administrative section; division branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes, etc.); to fine somebody
simp. and trad. (理科)		理	科

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐkē

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ fo¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí-kho

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² kuê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐkē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐke
    • Wade–Giles: li³-kʻo¹
    • Yale: lǐ-kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liike
    • Palladius: ликэ (likɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐkēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄎㄜㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐker
    • Wade–Giles: li³-kʻo¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: lǐ-kēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liike'l
    • Palladius: ликэр (likɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ fo¹
    • Yale: léih fō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ fo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ fɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-kho
    • Tâi-lô: lí-kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'qoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² kuê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí khue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰue³³/

Noun

理科

1. the sciences (as academic subjects)

Antonyms

• 文科 (wénkē)

Derived terms

• 理工 (lǐgōng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	科
り Grade: 2	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) り​か [ríꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲika̠]

Noun

理(り)科(か) • (rika) ^{←りくわ (rikwa)?} (uncountable)

1. science
   1. as a subject in elementary or middle schools
   2. (in university) science-oriented faculties including engineering, medicine and pharmacy (see also 文科)

Related terms

• 科学(かがく) (kagaku)
• 理系(りけい) (rikei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
理	科

Noun

理科 • (igwa) (hangeul 이과)

1. Hanja form^? of 이과 (“natural science”).