The kanji 学: meaning, readings and stroke order

学

Meaning: learn, study
On reading: ガク gaku
Kun reading: まな（ぶ） manabu
Strokes: 8
Radical: 子 child, seed
Level: Level 1 · grade 1
Old form: 學

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: học
Japanese: まなぶ。べんきょうする。
Korean: 배우다 (학)
Chinese: 学习

Readings, words and example sentences

ガク gaku · on reading

学がっ校こう
school
あさ八時に 学がっ校こうへ行きます。
I go to school at eight in the morning.
学がく生せい
student
あには大学の 学がく生せいです。
My big brother is a university student.

まな（ぶ） manabu · kun reading

学まなぶ
to learn
学校で字を 学まなびます。
I learn to write letters at school.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.