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学 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「子」

道
10Elementary year 1 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「子」
On
ガクがく · gaku
Kun
まな(ぶ)mana(bu)
Meaning
study, learning; science, scholarship

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Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

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

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onガクがくgaku学習がくしゅう科学かがく大学だいがく
Kunまなぶmanabu学ぶまなぶ

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

More words with this kanji

  • 中学ちゅうがく
  • 大学だいがく
  • 小学しょうがく
  • 小学校しょうがっこう
  • 入学にゅうがく
  • 見学けんがく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

学校(がっこう)で 字(じ)を 学(まな)びます。

We learn characters at school.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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