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习

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(bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 1
Strokes
3
Radical
乙 +2
Structure
Upper-right enclosure 右上包
Traditional
習
Common rank
#990
Unicode
U+4E60

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Formation & memory

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How 习 is formed

Components 冫 ? unknown part

How to remember it

learn · Heisig RSH #545

wings

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 习

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
学习 xué xí to learn; to study
好好学习,天天向上 hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
机器学习 jī qì xué xí (computing) machine learning
学习时报 Xué xí Shí bào Study Times, journal of the Central Party School 中央黨校|中央党校[Zhong1 yang1 Dang3 xiao4]
习大大 Xí dà dà Papa Xi, nickname for Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平[Xi2 Jin4 ping2]
习水县 Xí shuǐ Xiàn Xishui, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou
习以成性 xí yǐ chéng xìng deeply ingrained; steeped in
学习强国 Xué xí Qiáng guó Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019
习得性 xí dé xìng acquired; learned
习得性无助 xí dé xìng wú zhù (psychology) learned helplessness
见习生 jiàn xí shēng trainee; probationer
深度学习 shēn dù xué xí deep learning (artificial intelligence)
实习生 shí xí shēng intern (esp. a student in practical training)
乡下习气 xiāng xià xí qì country manners; provincialism
见习医生 jiàn xí yī shēng medical intern
联想学习 lián xiǎng xué xí associative learning
见习员 jiàn xí yuán trainee
习以为常 xí yǐ wéi cháng accustomed to; used to
习水 Xí shuǐ see 習水縣|习水县[Xi2 shui3 Xian4]
军事演习 jūn shì yǎn xí military exercise; war game