# 学

| 学 | U+5B66, &#23398; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B66 |
| ← 孥 [U+5B65] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 孧 → [U+5B67] |
| ㈻ | U+323B, &#12859; PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH STUDY |
| ← ㈺ [U+323A] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㈼ → [U+323C] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 学 |
| Simplified | 学 |
| Traditional | 學 |

### Etymology

Simplified from 學 (𦥯 → 𰃮) in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

### Han character

学 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火月弓木 (FBND), composition ⿱𰃮子)

#### Derived characters

* 敩
* 𬾣, 𰉽, 𫽊, 𤊀, 𮛦, 𰌰, 𢽾, 𭓓, 𭓚, 𱊉, 𰱚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 279, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6974
* Dae Jaweon: page 548, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1014, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5B66

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 学 – see 學 (“to comprehend; to realise; to understand; to learn; to study; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 學).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 学 – see 孛 (“luxuriant; lush; flourishing; radiance of comets; comet; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 孛).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 学 |
| Kyūjitai | 學 |

### Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 學)
* education, study, learn
* school
* science

#### Readings

* Go-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: かく (kaku)
* Kun: まなぶ (manabu, 学ぶ, Jōyō)
* Nanori: たか (taka)、のり (nori)

#### Compounds

* 学(がく)位(い) (gakui)
* 学(がっ)科(か) (gakka)
* 学(がく)外(がい) (gakugai)
* 学(がっ)期(き) (gakki)
* 学(がく)業(ぎょう) (gakugyō)
* 学(がく)芸(げい) (gakugei)
* 学(がっ)級(きゅう) (gakkyū)
* 学(がっ)校(こう) (gakkō)
* 学(がく)才(さい) (gakusai)
* 学(がく)際(さい) (gakusai)
* 学(がく)士(し) (gakushi)
* 学(がく)識(しき) (gakushiki)
* 学(がく)術(じゅつ) (gakujutsu)
* 学(がく)食(しょく) (gakushoku)
* 学(がく)生(せい) (gakusei)
* 学(がく)院(いん) (gakuin)
* 学(がく)籍(せき) (gakuseki)
* 学(がく)窓(そう) (gakusō)
* 学(がく)僧(そう) (gakusō)
* 学(がく)徒(と) (gakuto)
* 学(がく)内(ない) (gakunai)
* 学(がく)年(ねん) (gakunen)
* 学(がく)閥(ばつ) (gakubatsu)
* 学(がく)部(ぶ) (gakubu)
* 学(がく)府(ふ) (gakufu)
* 学(がく)風(ふう) (gakufū)
* 学(がく)名(めい) (gakumei)
* 学(がく)問(もん) (gakumon)
* 学(がく)割(わり) (gakuwari)
* 医(い)学(がく) (igaku)
* 科(か)学(がく) (kagaku)
* 化(か)学(がく) (kagaku), 化(ばけ)学(がく) (bakegaku)
* 漢(かん)学(がく) (kangaku)
* 気(き)学(がく) (kigaku)
* 経(けい)済(ざい)学(がく) (keizaigaku)
* 古(こ)学(がく) (kogaku)
* 後(こう)学(がく) (kōgaku)
* 光(こう)学(がく) (kōgaku)
* 向学
* 工(こう)学(がく) (kōgaku)
* 神(しん)学(がく) (shingaku)
* 生(せい)物(ぶつ)学(がく) (seibutsugaku)
* 退(たい)学(がく) (taigaku)
* 大(だい)学(がく) (daigaku)
* 中(ちゅう)学(がく) (chūgaku)
* 停(てい)学(がく) (teigaku)
* 哲(てつ)学(がく) (tetsugaku)
* 入(にゅう)学(がく) (nyūgaku)
* 博(はく)学(がく) (hakugaku)
* 美(び)学(がく) (bigaku)
* 物(ぶつ)理(り)学(がく) (butsurigaku)
* 文(ぶん)学(がく) (bungaku)
* 法(ほう)学(がく) (hōgaku)
* 夜(や)学(がく) (yagaku)
* 蘭(らん)学(がく) (rangaku)
* 学(がく)らん (gakuran)
* 学(がく)蘭(らん) (gakuran)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 学
* がく Grade: 1
* goon
* Alternative spelling
* 學 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 學 (MC haewk, “learning”).
The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

#### Noun

学(がく) • (gaku)
* scholarship; learning; knowledge
    学(がく)がない
       gaku ga nai
       uneducated
       (literally, “without learning”)

#### Suffix

学(がく) • (-gaku)
* -ology; -ics; study of...

### Proper noun

学(さとる) or 学(まなぶ) or 学(まこと) • (Satoru or Manabu or Makoto)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

学 (eumhun 배울 학 (bae'ul hak))
* Alternative form of 學 (“hanja form of 학 (“to learn”)”)

### References

* Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 48.