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과 • (gwa) (hanja 科)

academic department (in universities)
걔 -는 무슨 과-야? ― Gyae-neun museun gwa-ya? ― What department is he in?

물리학-과 ― mullihak-gwa ― department of physics
(taxonomy) family
사다샛-과 ― sadasaet-gwa ― Pelecanidae
(historical, archaic) Synonym of 과거(科擧) (gwageo, “civil service examination”).
(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.

(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)}

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gwa
McCune–Reischauer^?	kwa
Yale Romanization^?	kwa

과 • (gwa) (hanja 課)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

과 (gwa)

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果: fruit; result
(eumhun reading: 열매 과 (yeolmae gwa))
(MC reading: 果 (MC kwaX))
過: last; past
(eumhun reading: 지날 과 (jinal gwa))
(MC reading: 過 (MC kwa|kwaH))
誇: boast, brag
(eumhun reading: 자랑할 과 (jaranghal gwa))
(MC reading: 誇 (MC khwae))
寡: widowed, alone
(eumhun reading: 적을 과 (jeogeul gwa))
(MC reading: 寡 (MC kwaeX))
菓:
(MC reading: 菓 (MC kwaX))
跨:
(MC reading: 跨 (MC khwae|khwaeX|khuH|khwaeH))
鍋:
(MC reading: 鍋 (MC kwa))
顆:
(MC reading: 顆 (MC khwaX))
戈:
(MC reading: 戈 (MC kwa))
瓜: cucumber
(eumhun reading: 오이 과 (oi gwa))
(MC reading: 瓜 (MC kwae))
侉:
(MC reading: 侉 (MC 'aH))
堝:
(MC reading: 堝 (MC kwa))
夥:
(MC reading: 夥 (MC hweaX|hwaX))
夸:
(MC reading: 夸 (MC khwae))
撾:
(MC reading: 撾)
猓:
(MC reading: 猓 (MC kwaX))
稞:
(MC reading: 稞 (MC khwa|hwaeX))
窠:
(MC reading: 窠 (MC khwa))
蝌:
(MC reading: 蝌 (MC khwa))
裹:
(MC reading: 裹 (MC kwaX|kwaH))
踝:
(MC reading: 踝 (MC hwaeX))
銙:
(MC reading: 銙 (MC khwaeX))
騍:
(MC reading: 騍)
剮:
(MC reading: 剮 (MC kwaeX))
媧:
(MC reading: 媧 (MC kwea|kwae))
胯:
(MC reading: 胯 (MC khwae|khuH|khwaeH))
髁:
(MC reading: 髁 (MC khwa|khwaeX|khwaH))

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