Chinese symbol for “study”
学习
xué xí
Traditional: 學習
to learn; to study
The closest CC-CEDICT match for study 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 “study”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书房 (書房) | shū fáng | study (room); studio |
| 修习 (修習) | xiū xí | to study; to practice |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research; a study |
| 书斋 (書齋) | shū zhāi | study (room) |
| 修读 (修讀) | xiū dú | to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree) |
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 “study”.
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.