Question

課 chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book) 2 455 15 149 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば 形声 Phonetic After I finish each chapter of RTK, I eat a piece of fruit to celebrate all the new words I´ve learned. (Thanks Misha!).

Accepted Answer

カ 課目(かもく): (school) subject; curriculum; course課題(かだい): (1) subject; theme; issue; matter (2) homework; assignment (3) task; challenge; problem; question課長(かちょう): section manager; section chief課税(かぜい): taxation課(か): (1) lesson (2) section (in an organization); division; department (3) counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)課程(かてい): course; curriculum日課(にっか): daily lesson; daily work; daily routine課外(かがい): extracurricular 4 言: say果: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed 言 7 (none) chapter Words signify the written words in a book. The fruit represents something whole, complete. A chapter in a book often offers a complete idea, setting, or account. It´s good to disambiguate the keyword from paragraph (#82). To reinforce the kanji, imagine eating a fruit at the end of each chapter of Tolstoy´s "War and Peace" to reward yourself. (If you ate a fruit at the end of each paragraph, you´d very quickly run out of fruit).

Kanji	課
Onyomi	カ
English	chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
Examples	課目(かもく): (school) subject; curriculum; course 課題(かだい): (1) subject; theme; issue; matter (2) homework; assignment (3) task; challenge; problem; question 課長(かちょう): section manager; section chief 課税(かぜい): taxation 課(か): (1) lesson (2) section (in an organization); division; department (3) counter for lessons and chapters (of a book) 課程(かてい): course; curriculum 日課(にっか): daily lesson; daily work; daily routine 課外(かがい): extracurricular
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	455
Components	言: say 果: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	言
Radical Number	149
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	chapter
Koohii Story 1	After I finish each chapter of RTK, I eat a piece of fruit to celebrate all the new words I´ve learned. (Thanks Misha!).
Koohii Story 2	Words signify the written words in a book. The fruit represents something whole, complete. A chapter in a book often offers a complete idea, setting, or account. It´s good to disambiguate the keyword from paragraph (#82). To reinforce the kanji, imagine eating a fruit at the end of each chapter of Tolstoy´s "War and Peace" to reward yourself. (If you ate a fruit at the end of each paragraph, you´d very quickly run out of fruit).

Chapter Fruit Section Daily Words Counter Book Subject