学
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xué · to study

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HSK 3.0 · Level 1Frequency #64
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8Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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子Key radical

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Example sentences

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Nǐ zài dà xué pèng dào tā le?你在大学碰到他了?

You met him at the university?

Source: Tatoeba #502881 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì yí gè dà xué shēng.我是一个大学生。

I am a student in a university.

Source: Tatoeba #380861 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ gāi shàng xué qù le, bú shì ma?你该上学去了,不是吗?

It's high time you left for school, isn't it?

Source: Tatoeba #512894 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì wǒ de tóng xué.他是我的同学。

He is my classmate.

Source: Tatoeba #11837695 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shì de, wǒ yě shì xué shēng.是的,我也是学生。

Yes, I'm a student too.

Source: Tatoeba #2202377 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de xué xiào lǐ yǒu yì bǎi gè rén.我的学校里有一百个人。

There are one hundred people in my school.

Source: Tatoeba #3890918 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 学 in context

  1. Say xué, then recall the core meaning: to study.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 大学 (dà xué), meaning “the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 学 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.