HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
上课
to attend class; to go to class; to teach a class
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 上课 look like this?
'上' (shàng) means 'up' or 'to attend', and '课' (kè) consists of the 'speech' radical (讠) plus the phonetic/meaning component 'fruit/result' (果). Together, '上课' literally means 'to go to a lesson' or 'to attend class'.