Chinese symbol for “learned”
博学
bó xué
Traditional: 博學
learned; erudite
The closest CC-CEDICT match for learned is 博学 (bó xué), defined as: learned; erudite.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “learned”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博雅 | bó yǎ | learned |
| 饱学 (飽學) | bǎo xué | learned; erudite |
| 博 | bó | (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain |
| 渊博 (淵博) | yuān bó | erudite; profound |
| 有学问 (有學問) | yǒu xué wèn | (of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly; (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a body of deep, specialized knowledge; to require expertise |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 博学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade |
| 博物馆 (博物館) | bó wù guǎn | museum |
| 博客 | bó kè | (loanword) a blog; a blogger |
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 赌博 (賭博) | dǔ bó | to gamble |
| 博览会 (博覽會) | bó lǎn huì | an exposition; an international fair |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “learned”.
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.