What does 科 (ka | か) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	科
	is pronounced
	ka \| か
	means
	department, section

	Examples:
	彼は法科の学生だ。 kare wa hōka no gakusei da. He is an undergraduate in the law department.
	内科はどこですか。 naika wa doko desu ka. Where is the Internal Medicine Department?
	外科へ行ってください。 geka e itte kudasai. Please go to the Surgery Department.
	部屋の前に立っている人は歴史学科の教授です。 heya no mae ni tatte iru hito wa rekishi gakka no kyōju desu. The person standing at the front of the room is a professor in the History Department.
	産科・婦人科の計６１床も満床で、受け入れは不可能と答えたという。 sanka . fujin ka no kei roku ichi shō mo man yuka de, ukeire wa fukanō to kotae ta to iu. They replied that because all 61 beds in the obstetrics/gynaecology department were full, no admissions were possible.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org