学 — how to write the kanji for “study”
学 means “study”, “learning” and “science”; it is a JLPT N5 kanji, taught in first grade in Japan. In newspapers it is one of the hundred most used kanji (63rd). Its parts: ⺍ (“small”), strokes 1–3; 冖 (“cover”), strokes 4–5; 子 (“child”, its radical), strokes 6–8, each finished before the next. On its own it is the word gaku, “learning; scholarship”. Its common words take the reading gaku: 大学 (“university”), 学校 (“school”), 学生 (“student”) and 医学 (“medicine”). Chinese reads it xué, “to learn”, at HSK 1.
- Strokes
- 8
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 子 (“child”)
- On
- ガク
- Kun
- まな·ぶ
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- Dot ㇔top leftdown and right
- Dot ㇔topdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top rightdown and left
- Dot ㇔top leftdownwards
- Horizontal hook ㇖top leftrightwards
- Horizontal hook ㇖leftrightwards → down and left
- Curved hook ㇁centerdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 8 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ガク gaku
- Kun (native)
- まな·ぶ mana-bu
- Meanings
- study; learning; science
- Read gaku
- 大学 学校 学生 医学 学部 文学
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 63rd of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 학 hak
- Common words
- 148 in JMdict
Words with 学
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student |
| 医学 | いがく igaku | medicine; medical science |
| 学部 | がくぶ gakubu | faculty; school |
| 文学 | ぶんがく bungaku | literature |
| 科学 | かがく kagaku | science; to think about scientifically |
| 中学 | ちゅうがく chuugaku | junior high school; middle school |
| 学園 | がくえん gakuen | educational institution; school |
| 学習 | がくしゅう gakushuu | learning; study |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Same parts:
JLPT N5, in list order: