Memory phrase for the Kanji: 学


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Meaning

learn, study, scholarship

Pronunciation

GAKU
manabu

Explanation

From top: light, rays , cover (Here: crown ), child (Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms )

Mnemonic

It's the crown over the child when it is busy in learning.

Radicals

Crown
childThe radical ko shows the image of a child with a large head and outstretched arms.
sun beams
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Vocabulary

 入学  にゅうがく・する  to enter school or university
 中学校  ちゅうがっこう  junior high school, middle school
 中学校  ちゅうがっこう  
 学  がく  learning, scholarship, erudition, knowledge
 人文科学  じんぶんかがく  cultural science
 学ぶ  まなぶ  to study (in depth), to learn, to take lessons in
 入学  にゅうがく  entry to school or university, matriculation
 見学  けんがく  inspection, study by observation, field trip
 留学生  りゅうがくせい  overseas student

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