学

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to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation

Components ⺍冖子

study · Heisig RSH #337

子 child + schoolhouse

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大学	Dà xué	the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書\|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism
大学	dà xué	university; college; CL:所[suo3]
大学生	dà xué shēng	university student; college student
中学	zhōng xué	middle school
中学生	zhōng xué shēng	middle-school student; high school student
学生	xué sheng	student; schoolchild
小学生	xiǎo xué shēng	primary school student; schoolchild; CL:個\|个[ge4],名[ming2]; (fig.) beginner
小学	xiǎo xué	elementary school; primary school
上学	shàng xué	to go to school; to attend school
同学	tóng xué	to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個\|个[ge4]
放学	fàng xué	to dismiss students at the end of the school day
学院	xué yuàn	college; educational institute; school; faculty; CL:所[suo3]
教学楼	jiào xué lóu	school building; academic building
学校	xué xiào	school; CL:所[suo3]
学习	xué xí	to learn; to study
学子	xué zǐ	(literary) student; scholar
学人	xué rén	scholar; learned person
学区	xué qū	school district
中山大学	Zhōng shān Dà xué	Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou); Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung); Sun Yat-sen Univer…
国学	guó xué	Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (h…