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See also: 學
学 U+5B66, 学
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B66
← 孥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 孧 →
㈻ U+323B, ㈻
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH STUDY
← ㈺
 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈼ →

Translingual

Japanese 学
Simplified 学
Traditional 學
Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 學 (𦥯 → 𰃮) in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

Han character

学 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火月弓木 (FBND), composition ⿱𰃮子)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 279, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6974
  • Dae Jaweon: page 548, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1014, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5B66

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 学 – see 學 (“to comprehend; to realise; to understand; to learn; to study; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 學).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 学 – see 孛 (“luxuriant; lush; flourishing; radiance of comets; comet; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 孛).

Japanese

Shinjitai

学

Kyūjitai

學

Kanji

学

(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 學)

  1. education, study, learn
  2. school
  3. science

Readings

  • Go-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku)
  • Kun: まなぶ (manabu, 学ぶ, Jōyō)
  • Nanori: たか (taka)、のり (nori)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
学
がく
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
學 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 學 (MC haewk, “learning”).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Noun

学(がく) • (gaku) 

  1. scholarship; learning; knowledge
    学(がく)がない
    gaku ga nai
    uneducated
    (literally, “without learning”)

Suffix

学(がく) • (-gaku) 

  1. -ology; -ics; study of...

Proper noun

学(さとる) or 学(まなぶ) or 学(まこと) • (Satoru or Manabu or Makoto) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

学 (eumhun 배울 학 (bae'ul hak))

  1. Alternative form of 學 (“hanja form? of 학 (“to learn”)”)

References

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