Depicts two hands (𦥑) teaching a child (子) under a roof (宀). 爻 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (學)
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Historical Evolution
学
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
学
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
学
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
学
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
学
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
学
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
学
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
学
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
学
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
学
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
学
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
学
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
学
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
学
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
学
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
学
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
学
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
学
Regular
Modern
Chinese
学 / 學 [xué]
to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
Japanese
- learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education
- study of ...; -ology; -ics
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
學 がく
Gaku unclassified name
學 さとる
Satoru given name
學 まなぶ
Manabu unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
学校 [xuéxiào] #447
school
学生 [xuésheng] #1,022
student
大学 [Dàxué] #712
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sìshū] in Confucianism
学习 [xuéxí] #1,218
to learn
科学 [kēxué] #1,862
science
同学 [tóngxué] #2,391
to study at the same school
学会 [xuéhuì] #2,181
to learn
教学 [jiàoxué] #7,873
to teach
学院 [xuéyuàn] #2,631
college
上学 [shàngxué] #2,031
to go to school
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JAPANESE WORDS (14)
⭐ 学校 [がっこう] #616
school
⭐ 学ぶ [まなぶ] #1,272
to learn
⭐ 大学 [だいがく] #1,835
university
⭐ 学生 [がくせい] #1,964
student (esp. a university student)
⭐ 学園 [がくえん] #3,068
educational institution
⭐ 科学 [かがく] #5,318
science
⭐ 学習 [がくしゅう] #7,106
learning
⭐ 学院 [がくいん] #8,628
institute
⭐ 化学 [かがく] #15,824
chemistry
國學院大學 [こくがくいんだいがく] #158,002
Kokugakuin University
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