Chinese symbol for “studious”
笃学
dǔ xué
Traditional: 篤學
studious; diligent in study
The closest CC-CEDICT match for studious is 笃学 (dǔ xué), defined as: studious; diligent in study.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “studious”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 笃学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笃信 (篤信) | dǔ xìn | to sincerely believe |
| 笃定 (篤定) | dǔ dìng | certain; confident (of some outcome) |
| 笃行 (篤行) | dǔ xíng | to carry out (obligation) conscientiously; to behave sincerely |
| 笃实 (篤實) | dǔ shí | loyal; sincere |
| 笃志 (篤志) | dǔ zhì | steadfast; with single-minded devotion |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “studious”.
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.