学(xué)

HSK 18 strokesTrad. 學

to learn

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Character information

Pinyin
xué
Meaning
to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
學

Origin & structure

Where 学 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⿱⺍冖子

A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

⺍冖mì子zǐ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 學: A building 冖 where children 子 study

How to write 学 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 学

Common words using 学 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shàng上xué学
HSK 1

to go to school; to attend school

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zhōng中xué学
HSK 1

middle school

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tóng同xué学
HSK 1

to study at the same school

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dà大xué学
HSK 1

the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism

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xué学xiào校
HSK 1

school

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xué学shēng生
HSK 1

student

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xué学xí习
HSK 1

to learn; to study

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xué学yuàn院
HSK 1

college

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上中同大校生习院

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