学 (xué) · to study

学 (xué) means “to study”. It is made of ⺍ + 冖 + 子 and has 8 strokes, and is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 学 into its parts

What 学 is made of

• ⺍ — three-stroke
• 冖 mì — cover
• 子 zǐ — child
  • 了 liǎo / le — finish
    • 乛 — bent stroke
    • 亅 — hook
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

学 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 学

• 大学dàxuéuniversity
• 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
• 放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day
• 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
• 上学shàngxuéto go to school
• 同学tóngxuéclassmate
• 小学xiǎoxuéprimary school
• 小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student
• 学生xuéshengstudent
• 学习xuéxíto study
• 学校xuéxiàoschool
• 学院xuéyuàncollege
• 中学zhōngxuésecondary school
• 中学生zhōngxuéshēngsecondary school student
• 教学jiàoxuéteaching
• 开学kāixuéschool starts
• 科学kēxuéscience
• 留学生liúxuéshēnginternational student
• 学期xuéqīterm
• 中小学zhōngxiǎoxuéprimary and middle schools
• 留学liúxuéto study abroad
• 文学wénxuéliterature
• 学费xuéfèituition fee
• 奖学金jiǎngxuéjīnscholarship
• 学分xuéfēncourse credit
• 学年xuéniánacademic year
• 学时xuéshíclass hour
• 学术xuéshùacademic
• 学问xuéwènknowledge
• 医学yīxuémedicine
• 数学shùxuémathematics
• 化学huàxuéchemistry
• 学历xuélìeducational background
• 哲学zhéxuéphilosophy
• 学说xuéshuōtheory
• 学位xuéwèiacademic degree
• 入学rùxuéto start school
• 自学zìxuéto teach oneself

Also built with ⿱

• 串chuànstring
• 乐lèhappy
• 亮liàngbright
• 伤shānginjury
• 侃kǎnupright and strong
• 其qíhis
• 具jùtool
• 兼jiānboth
• 兽shòubeast
• 前qiánfront
• 劳láoto labor
• 卸xièto unload

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