漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
習: learn
JLPT N411 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
羽 carries the meaning · 白 is drawn in
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 練習するれんしゅうするpractice
- 予習するよしゅうするprepare for a lesson
- 復習するふくしゅうするreview a lesson
- 学習するがくしゅうするlearn
- 習慣しゅうかんcustom, habit
- 風習ふうしゅうcustom
ならうnarau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 習うならうlearn
- 習わしならわしcustomary practice
ならいnarai · kun'yomi
- 見習いみならいapprentice
Also read ジュ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)羽 wings + 日 sun
To learn to fly, to practice flying.
Source: Wiktionary, 習 (rev. 92162619), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Wings (羽) + white/sun (白). Imagine a young bird "practicing" its "wings" in the morning sun—the very definition of learning through steady repetition.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ジュ
12 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side習 learn · 羽
vs舶 liner · 舟In ChineseSimplified 习 · traditional, as in Japanese · xí
Japan keeps the traditional form 習; mainland China simplifies it to 习.
- Simplified
- 习 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 習 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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