Chinese symbol for “academic”
学术
xué shù
Traditional: 學術
learning; science; academic; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for academic is 学术 (xué shù), defined as: learning; science; academic; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 学术.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 学校 (學校) | xué xiào | school; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 学习 (學習) | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 科学 (科學) | kē xué | science; scientific knowledge |
| 学院 (學院) | xué yuàn | college; educational institute |
| 技术 (技術) | jì shù | technology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng) |
| 艺术 (藝術) | yì shù | art |
See also: Japanese symbol for “academic”.
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.