학

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학 U+D559, 학
HANGUL SYLLABLE HAG
Composition:ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄱ
← 하
 		Hangul Syllables 핚 →
하학핚핛한핝핞
핟할핡핢핣핤핥
핦핧함합핪핫핬
항핮핯핰핱핲핳
피 ←→ 해

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hag
McCune–Reischauer?hak
Yale Romanization?hak

Etymology 1

학(鶴)

Sino-Korean word from 鶴.

Noun

학 • (hak) (hanja 鶴)

  1. crane (bird)
    Synonym: (Native Korean) 두루미 (durumi, “crane”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 學 (“to learn, to study”).

Suffix

—학 • (-hak) (hanja 學)

  1. -logy, -ics, -graphy, study of...
    ‎지진(地震) (jijin, “earthquake”) + ‎학(學) (hak, “study of...”) → ‎지진학(地震學) (jijinhak, “seismology”)
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 瘧.

Noun

학 • (hak) (hanja 瘧)

  1. Synonym of 말라리아 (mallaria, “(medicine) malaria”)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

학 (hak)

More information
  1. 學:
    (MC reading: 學 (MC haewk))
  2. 鶴:
    (MC reading: 鶴 (MC hak))
  3. 虐:
    (MC reading: 虐 (MC ngjak))
  4. 謔:
    (MC reading: 謔 (MC xjak))
  5. 壑:
    (MC reading: 壑 (MC xak))
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