Chinese Character 學 Meanings and components.

Form

學

Meaning

學 meaning[3] in English

To Learn.

To Study.

To Imitate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 學 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𦥯) , and son (子)

Its radical[1] is: 子 (zi5) which means: Son, Child, Seed, Egg, Small Thing, 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat, Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4], Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North), .子zi5son

In cangjie it is written with HBND

How to write 學

To write學xue2to learn you should write a combination of 𦥯xue2 , 子zi5son arranged in a 冖 shape:

𦥯 + 子 = 學

學 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 學 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 學, looks as follow:

學
Pinyin:xue2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: To Learn . To Study . To Imitate . Science . -Ology
𦥯
Pinyin:xue2 Shape:回
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar
爻
Pinyin:yao2
Meaning[3]: The Solid And Broken Lines Of The Eight Trigrams 八卦[Ba1 Gua4], E.G. ☶
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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