習

Han character

習 (radical 124, 羽+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸一竹日 (SMHA), four-corner 1760₂, composition ⿱羽白)

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 羽 (“wings”) + 日 (“sun”) – to learn to fly, to practice flying.

In current form, 日 (rì, “sun”) has changed to 白 (bái, “white”), so present form is 羽 (“wings”) + 白 (“white”).

Etymology

Two general semantic fields are found in the senses: "to flap the wings; to flutter" and "to practice". They are generally considered to be the same word, with the link being "to repeatedly flap the wings (in order to learn to fly)", a sense attested in Liji.

Area word:

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lwap (“to learn”): Tibetan སློབ (slob, “to learn”), སློབས (slobs, “exercise; training”); Mizo tlip (“to repeat; to do again; to perfect”),
• Mon-Khmer: Khmer ធ្លាប់ (thlŏəp, “to become accustomed to; to have the habit of; marker of continuous action in the past”); Proto-Mon *le̤p ("to know how to, be skilled in") > Mon လေပ် (lèp, “to be versed in”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

習

1. ^† to flap (the wings); to flutter; to repeatedly flap the wings
2. to practice; to exercise; to review

   練習 / 练习  ―  liànxí  ―  to practice

3. to study; to learn

   學習 / 学习  ―  xuéxí  ―  to study

4. to become familiar with; to be used to
5. habit; custom

   習慣 / 习惯  ―  xíguàn  ―  habit; custom

6. trusted follower
7. to fall into a bad habit
8. often; frequently
9. A surname​.

   習近平 / 习近平  ―  Xí Jìnpíng  ―  Xi Jinping

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Hanja

習 • (seup) (hangeul 습, McCune–Reischauer sŭp, Yale sup)

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Han character

習 (tập, chập, dập, giặp, tấp, xập, sập)

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