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Chinese symbol for “studies”

学业
xué yè
Traditional: 學業
studies; schoolwork

The closest CC-CEDICT match for studies is 学业 (xué yè), defined as: studies; schoolwork.

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
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 学业.

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
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field

See also: Japanese symbol for “studies”.

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.

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