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Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 5

study, learning

Meaning
study, learning
On reading
Kun reading
Memory hook

Three specks over a roof over 子 (child): a child under a roof with ideas sparking overhead. ガク in compounds, まな(ぶ) on its own.

Words that use 学

student
university

How to write 学

Stroke order · 8 strokes
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  1. 1 to 2. A short dot.
  2. 3. The sweep down to the left.
  3. 4. Vertical.
  4. 5. Horizontal, then turn down.
  5. 6. Horizontal, then sweep down to the left.
  6. 7. Vertical, ending in a hook.
  7. 8. Horizontal.

Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

General rules
  • Top to bottom, left to right.
  • Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
  • Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
  • A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
  • Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).

学 is taught on day 22 of the kanji course, alongside , with two writing passes and a short quiz.