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学

xué

learning

Simplified form of 學. Depicts two hands (𦥑) teaching a child (子) under a roof (宀). 爻 represents the sound.

Components
◎ simplified component

◎  Simplified component

  

characterless component

Shorthand for the 𦥑 and 爻 components in the traditional character 學.

宀 iconic component

宀  Iconic component

mián

  

roof

子 iconic component

子  Iconic component

zi, zǐ

  

child

Evolution

学 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
学 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
学 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
学 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
学 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
学 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

学 (學) 

xué

learning, knowledge; school; to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology

Most common words with 学
Freq.
Word
Meaning

学校

school

学

to learn

学生

student

大学

university

学习

to learn

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

觉

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

觉

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 88.3550% of movies

196th most common character in movies

66th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

學

Unicode

U+5B66


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