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Chinese Character Bites – #44 –学

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Chinese Character Bites 44 - 学

Our character for today is 学

Simplified Chinese character: 学
Traditional Chinese character: 學
(The top part of the simplified character is different)

Pronunciation:

This character is pronounced xué in a 2nd tone.

What it means:

学 means ‘to study’ or ‘to learn’

You’ll see it in words like 学习 ‘to study’, 学校 ‘school’, 大学 ‘university’ and 学生 ‘student’.

Let’s break it down:

The top of the traditional character  represents two hands grasping 爻, which is a symbol from the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, with a roof below them. The bottom of the character 子 means ‘child’.

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