學

See also: 学
學 U+5B78, 學
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B78
← 孷
[U+5B77] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 孹 →
[U+5B79]

Translingual

Stroke order
Stroke order
(alternative)

Han character

學 (radical 39, 子+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹月弓木 (HBND), four-corner 77407, composition ⿱𦥯子)

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 280, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7033
  • Dae Jaweon: page 549, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1019, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5B78

Chinese

trad. 學
simp. 学*
alt. forms 斆
斅
斈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 學
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (學) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
攪 *kruːʔ
覺 *kruːɡs, *kruːɡ
澩 *ɡruːʔ, *sɡruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ
斆 *ɡruːɡs
鱟 *ɡoːɡs, *quːɡ
嶨 *kʰruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ
礐 *kʰruːɡ, *ɡ·rɯːɡ, *ɡoːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
觷 *ŋɡruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ, *quːɡ
學 *ɡruːɡ
鷽 *ɡruːɡ, *qruːɡ

Ancient forms: 斆, 斅. The former is constructed from the skeleton of 敎／教 (“to teach”) with the addition of two extra components: 1) a 𦥑 component around the top-left 爻 part, signifying hands (hands-on learning); 2) a 冖 (“cover”) over 子 (“child”), representing the cover of a building or school, i.e. the child learns in a roofed place. Shuowen regards 𦥑 as the phonetic component in the character, which may be true according to some Old Chinese reconstructions such as that of Pan Wuyun's, though probably not others. See 教 for more. The earliest structure may suggest its relationship with 六, with reconstruction *rug.

Etymology

May be an endopassive derivation of 覺 (OC *kruːɡs, *kruːɡ, “to awake, get insight”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • xué - major reading (colloquial and literary);
  • xiáo - rare, very colloquial or dialectal, used in xiangsheng.
Note:
  • ò̤ - vernacular;
  • hă - literary.
Note:
  • ŏ̤h - vernacular;
  • hŏk - literary.
Note:
  • o̍h - vernacular;
  • ha̍k - literary.
Note:
  • oh8 - vernacular;
  • hag8 - literary.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: hhoq (T5); hhiaq (T5)
      • IPA (key): /ɦʊʔ¹²/, /ɦia̱ʔ¹²/
Note:
  • 5hhoq - vernacular;
  • 5hhiaq - literary.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 學
Mandarin Beijing /ɕyɛ³⁵/
Harbin /ɕiau²⁴/
/ɕyɛ²⁴/
Tianjin /ɕiɑu⁴⁵/
/ɕye⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕyə⁴²/
Qingdao /ɕyə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕyo⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕyo²⁴/
Xining /ɕyu²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕye¹³/
/ɕye⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕyə⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕyɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕio²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕyo³¹/
Guiyang /ɕio²¹/
Kunming /ɕio³¹/
Nanjing /ɕioʔ⁵/
Hefei /ɕyɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/
Pingyao /ɕiʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /ɕyaʔ⁴³/ ～习
/ɕiɔ³¹/ ～话
Wu Shanghai /ɦoʔ¹/
/ɦiaʔ¹/
Suzhou /ɦioʔ³/
/ɦoʔ³/
Hangzhou /ɦiɑʔ²/
Wenzhou /ɦo²¹³/
Hui Shexian /ɕiɔ²²/
/xɔ²²/
Tunxi /xo¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ɕio²⁴/
Xiangtan /ɕio²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /hɔʔ²/
Hakka Meixian /hok̚⁵/
Taoyuan /hok̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɔk̚²/
Nanning /hɔk̚²²/
Hong Kong /hɔk̚²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hak̚⁵/
/oʔ⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /oʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xa²⁴/
/ɔ⁴²/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hak̚⁵/
/oʔ⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hiɔk̚⁵/
/o³³/
Rime
Character 學
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 覺 (10)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡覺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɔk̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɣɔk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xué
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 學
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xué
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hæwk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-kˤruk/
English study; imitate

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 學
Reading # 1/1
No. 14079
Phonetic
component		 學
Rime
group		 覺
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 學
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡruːɡ/
Notes 甲文象習持爻於膝前，金文方加子

Definitions

學

  1. † to comprehend; to realise; to understand
  2. to learn; to study
    學習 / 学习  ―  xuéxí  ―  to study; to learn
    我打算學攝影。 / 我打算学摄影。  ―  Wǒ dǎsuàn xué shèyǐng.  ―  I plan to learn photography.
  3. to imitate; to copy; to mimic
    鸚鵡學人語。 / 鹦鹉学人语。  ―  Yīngwǔ xué rén yǔ.  ―  Parrots imitate human speech.
  4. school
  5. learning; knowledge
  6. theory; doctrine
  7. subject; branch of learning; science; -ology
    化學 / 化学  ―  huàxué  ―  chemistry
    生物學 / 生物学  ―  shēngwùxué  ―  biology

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

 学

Kyūjitai

 學

Kanji

學

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 学)

  1. Learning, student, study
  2. School, education
  3. Subject, field of study, science
  4. Understanding, knowledge

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

學 (eumhun 배울 학 (bae-ul hak))

  1. learn, take lessons, be taught, study

Vietnamese

Han character

學 (học)

  1. to learn, to study

Compounds

Usage notes

  • Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese equivalent is học.
  • This is the regular form of the character. The common form is 学.

References

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