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U+5B66, 学
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B66

[U+5B65]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5B67]
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U+323B, ㈻
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH STUDY

[U+323A]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+323C]

Translingual

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Etymology

Simplified from (𦥯𰃮) in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

Han character

(Kangxi radical 39, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火月弓木 (FBND), composition 𰃮)

Derived characters

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
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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to comprehend; to realise; to understand; to learn; to study; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 2

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

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. education, study, learn
  2. school
  3. 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

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC haewk, “learning”).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Noun

(がく) (gaku) 

  1. scholarship; learning; knowledge
    (がく)ない
    gaku ga nai
    uneducated
    (literally, “without learning”)

Suffix

(がく) (-gaku) 

  1. -ology; -ics; study of...

Proper noun

(さとる) or (まなぶ) or (まこと) (Satoru or Manabu or Makoto) 

  1. a male given name
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Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 배울 (bae'ul hak))

  1. alternative form of (hanja form? of (to learn))

References

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