xué = xu + e2
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology
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How to pronounce 学

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago
+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

学 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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= z + Ø3
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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(noun suffix)
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Characters with 学 as component

学 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 学

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school / CL:所[suo3]
university / college / CL:所[suo3]
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism

Sentences with 学

dìng
huì
yǒu
rén
xué
 
 
tiān
shàng
luàn

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xué

to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology

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