과

Sino-Korean word from 科

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwa̠] ~ [k͈wa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [과/꽈]

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과 • (gwa) (hanja 科)

1. academic department (in universities)

   걔는 무슨 과야? ― Gyae-neun museun gwa-ya? ― What department is he in?

   물리학과 ― mullihak-gwa ― department of physics

2. (taxonomy) family

   사다샛과 ― sadasaet-gwa ― Pelecanidae

3. (historical, archaic) Synonym of 과거(科擧) (gwageo, “civil service examination”).
4. (traditional theater) action; enactment

• When used in compounds, it is almost always pronounced as 꽈 (kkwa) due to the interfix ㅅ (-s-). The interfix is not written in fully Sino-Korean compounds, but is written when the first element is a native word, as in the example of 사다샛과 (sadasaetgwa) above.
• When used in isolation, it is pronounced as 과 (gwa) in formal language and 꽈 (kkwa) colloquially.

• See the hanja entry at 科 for Sino-Korean compounds of 과 (科, gwa).

• (Taxonomy) 생물 분류 (生物分類, saengmul bullyu); 역 (域, yeok, “domain”), 계 (界, gye, “kingdom”), 문 (門, mun, “phylum”), 강 (綱, gang, “class”), 목 (目, mok, “order”), 과 (科, gwa, “family”), 속 (屬, sok, “genus”), 종 (種, jong, “species”) ^{(Category: ko:Taxonomy)}

Sino-Korean word from 課

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [과]

과 • (gwa) (hanja 課)

1. lesson

   제1과 ― jeil-gwa ― Lesson 1

• See the hanja entry at 課 for Sino-Korean compounds of 과 (課, gwa).

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

과 • (gwa)