学生
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学生 (xuésheng) · student
学生 (xuésheng) means “student”. It is written with 2 characters: 学 (to study) + 生 (to give birth). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 学生 is built
The characters
学 xué · to study
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
- 了liǎo / le — finish
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)
生 shēng · to give birth
What 生 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他是这个学校的学生。Tā shì zhège xuéxiào de xuésheng.He's a student at this school.
你们班有多少学生？Nǐmen bān yǒu duōshao xuésheng?How many students are in your class?
Questions about 学生
What does 学生 mean?
学生 (xuésheng) means “student”.
How do you pronounce 学生?
学生 is pronounced xuésheng.
Which HSK level is 学生?
学生 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 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
- 学习xuéxíto study
- 学校xuéxiàoschool
Learn 学生 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 6: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.