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Chinese symbol for “academia”

学术界
xué shù jiè
Traditional: 學術界
academic circles; academia

The closest CC-CEDICT match for academia is 学术界 (xué shù jiè), defined as: academic circles; academia.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
术 shù
skill, art; method, technique; trick
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
界 jiè
boundary, limit; domain; society, the world
radical 102 ⽥ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “academia”

WordPinyinMeaning
学界 (學界)xué jièacademic world; academic circles
教育界jiào yù jièacademic world; academic circles
学术圈 (學術圈)xué shù quānacademic circles; academia

Related words

Other words that share a character with 学术界.

WordPinyinMeaning
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学校 (學校)xué xiàoschool; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学习 (學習)xué xíto learn; to study
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
学院 (學院)xué yuàncollege; educational institute
技术 (技術)jì shùtechnology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng)
艺术 (藝術)yì shùart
世界shì jièworld

See also: Japanese symbol for “academia”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.