學問

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See also: 学问 and 学問

Chinese

 
learn; study; science
learn; study; science; ‑ology
to ask
trad. (學問)
simp. (学问)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (4)
Final () (10) (59)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter haewk mjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠʌk̚/ /mɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚɔk̚/ /miunH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɔk̚/ /miuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨwk̚/ /munH/
Li
Rong
/ɣɔk̚/ /miuənH/
Wang
Li
/ɣɔk̚/ /mĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɔk̚/ /mi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xué wèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hok6 man6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xué wèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ hæwk › ‹ mjunH ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-kˁruk/ /*C.mu-s/
English study; imitate ask

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14079 8967
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡruːɡ/ /*mɯns/
Notes

Noun

學問

  1. branch of knowledge
    死亡學新興學問 [MSC, trad.]
    死亡学新兴学问 [MSC, simp.]
    Sǐwángxué shì yī mén xīnxìng de xuéwèn.
    Thanatology is a new branch of knowledge.
  2. learning; knowledge; wisdom; erudition; scholarship
    學問学问  ―  zuòxuéwèn  ―  to do scholarly research; to pursue scholarship
    賣弄學問卖弄学问  ―  màinòng xuéwèn  ―  to show off one's knowledge
    蘊含博大精深學問 [MSC, trad.]
    蕴含博大精深学问 [MSC, simp.]
    yùnhán bódàjīngshēn de xuéwèn
    to contain profound wisdom

Synonyms

  • (scholarship):
  • (knowledge):

Derived terms

Related terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
がく
Hyōgaiji
もん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 學問 – see the following entry.
学問がくもん
study of something; the sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning; scholarship
to study, to engage in scholarship
(This term, 學問, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

學問 (hangmun) (hangeul 학문)

  1. Hanja form? of 학문 (study; learning).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

學問

  1. chữ Hán form of học vấn (learning).