学

See also: 學

学 U+5B66, 学 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B66 ← 孥 [U+5B65] CJK Unified Ideographs 孧 → [U+5B67]

㈻ U+323B, ㈻ PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH STUDY ← ㈺ [U+323A] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈼ → [U+323C]

Translingual

Japanese	学
Simplified	学
Traditional	學

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 學 (𦥯 → 𰃮) in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

Han character

学 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火月弓木 (FBND), composition ⿱𰃮子)

Derived characters

• 敩 𢽾 𤊀 𫽊 𬾣 𭓓 𭓚 𮛦 𰉽 𰌰 𰱚 𱊉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 279, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6974
• Dae Jaweon: page 548, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1014, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5B66

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 学 – see 學 (“to comprehend; to realise; to understand; to learn; to study; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 學).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 学 – see 孛 (“luxuriant; lush; flourishing; radiance of comets; comet; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 孛).

Japanese

Shinjitai	学
Kyūjitai	學

Kanji

学

(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 學)

1. education, study, learn
2. school
3. science

Readings

• Go-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)
• Kun: まなぶ (manabu, 学ぶ, Jōyō)
• Nanori: たか (taka)、のり (nori)

Compounds

• 学(がく)位(い) (gakui)
• 学(がっ)科(か) (gakka)
• 学(がく)外(がい) (gakugai)
• 学(がっ)期(き) (gakki)
• 学(がく)業(ぎょう) (gakugyō)
• 学(がく)芸(げい) (gakugei)
• 学(がっ)級(きゅう) (gakkyū)
• 学(がっ)校(こう) (gakkō)
• 学(がく)才(さい) (gakusai)
• 学(がく)際(さい) (gakusai)
• 学(がく)士(し) (gakushi)
• 学(がく)識(しき) (gakushiki)
• 学(がく)術(じゅつ) (gakujutsu)
• 学(がく)食(しょく) (gakushoku)
• 学(がく)生(せい) (gakusei)
• 学(がく)院(いん) (gakuin)
• 学(がく)籍(せき) (gakuseki)
• 学(がく)窓(そう) (gakusō)
• 学(がく)僧(そう) (gakusō)
• 学(がく)徒(と) (gakuto)
• 学(がく)内(ない) (gakunai)
• 学(がく)年(ねん) (gakunen)
• 学(がく)閥(ばつ) (gakubatsu)
• 学(がく)部(ブ) (gakubu)
• 学(がく)府(ふ) (gakufu)
• 学(がく)風(ふう) (gakufū)
• 学(がく)名(めい) (gakumei)
• 学(がく)問(もん) (gakumon)
• 学(がく)割(わり) (gakuwari)
• 医(い)学(がく) (igaku)
• 科(か)学(がく) (kagaku)
• 化(か)学(がく) (kagaku), 化(ばけ)学(がく) (bakegaku)
• 漢(かん)学(がく) (kangaku)
• 気(き)学(がく) (kigaku)
• 経(けい)済(ざい)学(がく) (keizaigaku)
• 古(こ)学(がく) (kogaku)
• 後(こう)学(がく) (kōgaku)
• 光(こう)学(がく) (kōgaku)
• 向学
• 工(こう)学(がく) (kōgaku)
• 神(しん)学(がく) (shingaku)
• 生(せい)物(ぶつ)学(がく) (seibutsugaku)
• 退(たい)学(がく) (taigaku)
• 大(だい)学(がく) (daigaku)
• 中(ちゅう)学(がく) (chūgaku)
• 停(てい)学(がく) (teigaku)
• 哲(てつ)学(がく) (tetsugaku)
• 入(にゅう)学(がく) (nyūgaku)
• 博(はく)学(がく) (hakugaku)
• 美(び)学(がく) (bigaku)
• 物(ぶつ)理(り)学(がく) (butsurigaku)
• 文(ぶん)学(がく) (bungaku)
• 法(ほう)学(がく) (hōgaku)
• 夜(や)学(がく) (yagaku)
• 蘭(らん)学(がく) (rangaku)
• 学(がく)らん (gakuran)
• 学(がく)蘭(らん) (gakuran)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
学
がく Grade: 1
goon

Alternative spelling
學 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 學 (MC haewk, “learning”).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Noun

学(がく) • (gaku) 

1. scholarship; learning; knowledge

   学(がく)がない

   gaku ga nai

   uneducated

   (literally, “without learning”)

Suffix

学(がく) • (-gaku) 

1. -ology; -ics; study of...

Proper noun

学(さとる) or 学(まなぶ) or 学(まこと) • (Satoru or Manabu or Makoto) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

学 (eumhun 배울 학 (bae'ul hak))

1. Alternative form of 學 (“hanja form^? of 학 (“to learn”)”)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 48. [1]