学xué

学

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繁体

Traditional Chinese

Traditional form (繁體). 學 (xué, "to study, learning") shows a child (子) beneath a roof-like structure with two hands (臼) reaching down — a scene of a child receiving instruction inside a school. The traditional form preserves this vivid image of pedagogy, with the hands of a teacher guiding the student beneath the shelter of knowledge.

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Shuowen

The character 学 depicts a child (子) beneath a covering or receiving knowledge from above, representing the act of learning; the oracle bone form shows a child with hand or instructional symbols above, indicating the transmission of knowledge to the young, and this structure conveys the fundamental idea of acquiring wisdom through study.

Pinyin

xué· HSK 1· Radical 子

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