漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
学: study, learning
Also: science
- 𦥯(sound)
- 子child(meaning)
子 carries the meaning · 𦥯 gives the sound
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ガクgaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 学生がくせいstudent
- 学者がくしゃscholar
- 大学だいがくuniversity
- 大学院だいがくいんgraduate school
- 奨学金しょうがくきんscholarship
- 人類学じんるいがくanthropology
- 言語学げんごがくlinguistics
- 学校がっこうschool
- 学期がっきterm, semester
まなぶmanabu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 学ぶまなぶstudy
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
The earliest oracle bone form consists of 𦥑 (“two hands”) + 六 (“building”); subsequent groups write 爻 (“counting rods”) + 六 or 𦥑 + 爻, and later forms combine all three into 𦥯 (𦥑 + 爻 + 六), with some abbreviated to 爻. Bronze inscriptions add semantic 子 (“child”).
Source: Wiktionary, 學 (rev. 94634169), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A child (子) under a roof (school) with hands above showing the passing down of knowledge and wisdom.”
Connections
Also read ガク
4 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 學 · xué
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 学. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 學.
- Simplified
- 学 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 學 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xué most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.