Zi:学
学(F學) [xué] study/learn; 学校 school; 学生 student [huá] [jiào] [xiào] cf. 學
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹xué* 学[學] {A} v. ①study; learn ‖ ∼ wénhuà ∼文化 learn to read and write ②imitate; mimic ◆b.f. ①learning; knowledge ►xuéwen 学问 ②subject of study; branch of learning ►xuékē 学科 ③school; college ►xuéxiào 学校 ►dàxué 大学 ◆suf. -ics; -ism; -ization; -logy; study ►¹shùxué 数学 ►shèhuìxué 社会学
The simple-form character 学 (8 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 學 (16 strokes), replacing the upper full-form part 𦥯 (13 strokes) with ⿱⺍冖 (5 strokes).
Note: In the simple form 学 the upper full-form part 𦥯 becomes (as in 觉/覺), keeping 冖 but replacing the rest with ⺍ (小 modesty); formerly also abbrev. 斈/𢻯/𡕕.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 学/學 xué ‘study/learn’ is said to be an old abbrev. of 𢽾/斅 xiào/xué ‘teach/learn’ (cf. 觉/覺 awaken), in which the components are 教(敎) jiāo/jiào ‘teach’, 冖(𠘨) mì ‘cover/darkness/ignorance’ (as in 蒙), and 𦥑 jú/jǔ ‘respectful/dispensing/uplifting hands’ (phonosemantic); in old texts 教 and 学/學 were not clearly distinguished.
Note: In 学/學 the top part /𦥯 indicates 𦥑 two hands of the master, dispensing 爻 yáo ‘lines’ (⚊⚋, ⚌⚏…, ☰☷…, ䷀䷁䷂䷃…) from the Book of Changes (易经); in the middle is 冖(𠘨) mì ‘cover/darkness/ignorance’ as in 冡/蒙 méng ‘foolish/ignorant’ (䷃); to uncover the truth, the 子 ‘child/student’ must grasp/master the 爻 changing lines.
Older graphs associated with 学/學 write the lower component as 字 zì ‘schoolhouse; wr. character’ (HDZ), sometimes adding 攴 (as in 斅, 教).
Compare: 字 zì ‘nurture/educate (children); family schoolhouse; wr. character’; 子 zǐ ‘child/offspring’.
Compare: 爻 yáo ‘n-gram lines’; 教(敎) jiāo/jiào ‘teach/educate’; 觉/覺 jué ‘realize/understand’.
Compare: 蒙 méng ‘cover/darkness/ignorance’ (䷃), in which 冡 méng (phonosemantic), with 𠔼 mǎo ‘double-layered covering’, 冖(𠘨) mì ‘covering’.
Compare: 孛(𡥇) bèi ‘comet’.
►references: Wieger:39i; Karlgren:AD173; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1014.3; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:094.0.08; Wáng(1993):197; EDOC:0
►components: 子⺍冖丷字八
►Cantonese: hohk-
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