范畴 fànchóu category
How to remember 范畴: 范 example + 畴 field = category.
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How it is used
- A category / domain (abstract) - 属于道德范畴 (shǔyú dàodé fànchóu) belongs to the moral domain, 哲学范畴 (zhéxué fànchóu) a philosophical category.
- A formal, often academic term for a conceptual sphere or classification.
- Contrast 范围 (fànwéi, scope/extent - more spatial/concrete); 范畴 is a category of thought.