學

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

• 学

• 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

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

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, in this case signifying mingling 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.

May be an endopassive derivation of 覺 (OC *kruːɡs, *kruːɡ, “to awake, get insight”). Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kruk (“rouse; awaken; disturb”).

學

1. ^† to comprehend; to realise; to understand
2. (transitive) 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.

   • 我父母親希望我學醫，但是我不願意。 [MSC, trad.]
     我父母亲希望我学医，但是我不愿意。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ fùmǔqīn xīwàng wǒ xué yī, dànshì wǒ bù yuànyì. [Pinyin]

     My parents hoped I would study medicine, but I didn't want to.

3. (transitive) to learn to do something (to get into the habit)

   • 老師叫極佢都唔肯學講唔該。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     老师叫极佢都唔肯学讲唔该。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Lou⁵ si¹ giu³ gik⁶ keoi⁵ dou¹ m⁴ hang² hok⁶ gong² m⁴ goi¹. [Jyutping]

     He refuses to learn to say thank you, even if his teacher asked him many times.

   • 佢學慣咗玩呢種遊戲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢学惯咗玩呢种游戏。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Keoi⁵ hok⁶ gwaan³ zo² waan² ni¹ zung² jau⁴ hei³. [Jyutping]

     He got used to play this game.

   • 佢學咗講美國口音，但係去到英國嘅時候，佢學講英國口音，返去美國之後，佢學返講美國口音。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢学咗讲美国口音，但系去到英国嘅时候，佢学讲英国口音，返去美国之后，佢学返讲美国口音。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Keoi⁵ hok⁶ zo² gong² mei⁵ gwok³ hau² jam¹, daan⁶ hai⁶ heoi³ dou³ jing¹ gwok³ ge³ si⁴ hau⁶, keoi⁵ hok⁶ gong² jing¹ gwok³ hau² jam¹, faan¹ heoi³ mei⁵ gwok³ zi¹ hau⁶, keoi⁵ hok⁶ faan¹ gong² mei⁵ gwok³ hau² jam¹. [Jyutping]

     He learned to speak with an American accent, but when he was in United Kingdom, he learned to speak with a British accent, and when he came back to United States, he relearned to speak with an American accent.

4. to imitate; to copy; to mimic

   鸚鵡學人語。 / 鹦鹉学人语。  ―  Yīngwǔ xué rén yǔ.  ―  Parrots imitate human speech.

   • 我妹妹什麼都學我。 [MSC, trad.]
     我妹妹什么都学我。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ mèimèi shénme dōu xué wǒ. [Pinyin]

     My little sister likes to copy everything I do.

   • 學人哋用叉食飯 [Cantonese, trad.]
     学人哋用叉食饭 [Cantonese, simp.]

     hok⁶ jan⁴ dei⁶ jung⁶ caa¹ sik⁶ faan⁶ [Jyutping]

     imitate others and use a fork to eat

5. school
6. learning; knowledge
7. theory; doctrine
8. subject; branch of learning; science; -ology

   化學 / 化学  ―  huàxué  ―  chemistry

   生物學 / 生物学  ―  shēngwùxué  ―  biology

• 學習／学习 (xuéxí, “to study, to learn”)
• 讀書／读书 (dúshū, “to study”)
• 念書／念书 (niànshū, “(colloquial) to study”)

• “Entry #11643”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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

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

• Go-on: がく (gaku)
• Kan-on: がく (gaku)
• Kun: まなぶ (manabu, 學ぶ)

• 蘭學 (らんがく) (rangaku)
• 學校 (がっこう) (gakkō)
• 學生 (がくせい) (gakusei)

學 (eumhun 배울 학 (bae-ul hak))

1. learn, take lessons, be taught, study

學 (học)

1. to learn, to study

• 學習 (học tập)
• 哲學 (triết học)
• 神學 (thần học)
• 學生 (học sinh)
• 大學 (đại học)
• 科學 (khoa học)
• 小學 (tiểu học)
• 𠰺學 (dạy học)
• 中學 (trung học)
• 儒學 (Nho học)
• 化學 (hoá học)
• 場學 (trường học)
• 學院 (học viện)
• 生學 (sinh học)
• 藥學 (dược học)
• 人類學 (nhân loại học)
• 分類學 (phân loại học)
• 動物學 (động vật học)
• 場大學 (trường đại học)
• 場小學 (trường tiểu học)
• 地質學 (địa chất học)
• 考古學 (khảo cổ học)
• 古生物學 (cổ sinh vật học)

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

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