Chinese symbol for “learn”
学习
xué xí
Traditional: 學習
to learn; to study
The closest CC-CEDICT match for learn is 学习 (xué xí), defined as: to learn; to study.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “learn”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学 (學) | xué | to learn; to study |
| 学会 (學會) | xué huì | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association |
| 学到 (學到) | xué dào | to learn (sth); to learn about |
| 习得 (習得) | xí dé | to learn; to acquire (some skill through practice) |
| 肄 | yì | to learn; to practice or study (old) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 学习.
| 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) |
| 科学 (科學) | kē xué | science; scientific knowledge |
| 学院 (學院) | xué yuàn | college; educational institute |
| 习惯 (習慣) | xí guàn | habit; custom |
| 练习 (練習) | liàn xí | to practice; exercise |
| 实习 (實習) | shí xí | to practice; field work |
See also: Japanese symbol for “learn”.
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.