开学
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
开学 (kāixué) · school starts
开学 (kāixué) means “school starts; to start school”. It is written with 2 characters: 开 (to open) + 学 (to study). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 开学 is built
The characters
开 kāi · to open
What 开 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廾gǒng — two hands
Origin hint: Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
我们九月开学。Wǒmen jiǔ yuè kāixué.School starts in September.
你们什么时候开学？Nǐmen shénme shíhou kāixué?When does your school start?
Questions about 开学
What does 开学 mean?
开学 (kāixué) means “school starts; to start school”.
How do you pronounce 开学?
开学 is pronounced kāixué.
Which HSK level is 开学?
开学 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 开车kāichēto drive
- 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
- 开玩笑kāiwánxiàoto joke
- 分开fēnkāito separate
- 开机kāijīto turn on (a phone, computer etc.)
- 开心kāixīnhappy
- 离开líkāito leave
- 走开zǒukāito go away
- 公开gōngkāipublic
Learn 开学 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 77: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.