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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.

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
习 xí
to study, to practice; habit
radical 5 ⼄ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “study”

WordPinyinMeaning
书房 (書房)shū fángstudy (room); studio
修习 (修習)xiū xíto study; to practice
研究yán jiūresearch; a study
书斋 (書齋)shū zhāistudy (room)
修读 (修讀)xiū dúto study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 学习.

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)
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
学院 (學院)xué yuàncollege; educational institute
习惯 (習慣)xí guànhabit; custom
练习 (練習)liàn xíto practice; exercise
实习 (實習)shí xíto 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.

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