| 社会科学 | shè huì kē xué | social sciences | 
| 社 | shè | (bound form) society; organization; agency / (old) god of the land | 
| 社会 | shè huì | society / CL:个 | 
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) | 
| 会 | kuài | (bound form) to reckon accounts | 
| 科 | kē | branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:个 | 
| 科学 | kē xué | science / scientific knowledge / scientific / rational / CL:门,个,种 | 
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology |