漢字道KANJIDO

8 strokesRadical

10Elementary year 18 strokesRadical
On
ガク
Kun
まな(ぶ)
Meaning
study, learning; science, scholarship

Origin

ORIGIN

It shows a child learning under a roof — so it came to mean "to study, to learn."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ガク学習・科学・大学
まなぶ学ぶ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 学校がっこう

    school

  • 学生がくせい

    student

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

学校で 日本語を 学びます。

I study Japanese at school.

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