Chinese Character Wiki
學

xué

learning

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

Components
𦥑 iconic component

𦥑  Iconic component

jú

  

two hands

Depicts two hands.

爻 sound component

爻  Sound component

yáo

  

diagrams for divination

宀 iconic component

宀  Iconic component

mián

  

roof

Depicts a roof.

子 iconic component

子  Iconic component

zi, zǐ

  

child

Depicts a child.

Evolution

學 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
學 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

学 (學) 

xué

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

Most common words with 學
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)

覺

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

覺

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-kˤruk

haewk

xué

study; imitate


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 88.3550% of movies

196th most common character in movies

66th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

学

Unicode

U+5B78

Shuowen

“斆，覺悟也。从教，从冖，冖，尚矇也，臼聲。學，篆文斅省。”


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