# 学 knowledge

(mohawk) + 子 (child)
★★★★★
8 strokes

## Onyomi

GAKU |

## Mnemonic

| The mohican child had a major knowledge of punk, and that was how he stopped being a square and GOT COOL.

## Kunyomi

まな*ぶ | 2 meanings: to learn something from a teacher. Also, to learn one random fact (not a whole subject). Unlike 勉強、 you can't 学ぶ by yourself. ★★★★★

## Jukugo

学生(がくせい) | student ★★★★★ 学 (knowledge) + 生 (life / birth) = 学生 (student)
学校(がっこう) | school ★★★★★ 学 (knowledge) + 校 (school) = 学校 (school)
大学(だいがく) | college. ★★★★★ 大 (big) + 学 (knowledge) = 大学 (college.)
科学(かがく) | science ★★★☆☆ 科 (science) + 学 (knowledge) = 科学 (science)
XXX 学(がく) | xxx-ology ★★★☆☆ SUF SUFFIX meaning, the science of XXX. basically it means '-ology.'
文学(ぶんがく) | literature ★★☆☆☆ 文 (culture/ sentence) + 学 (knowledge) = 文学 (literature)
科学者(かがくしゃ) | scientist ★★☆☆☆ 科学 (science) + 者 (professional) = 科学者 (scientist)
奨学金(しょうがくきん) | scholarship money ★☆☆☆☆ 学 (knowledge) + 金 (gold) = 奨学金 (scholarship money)
雑学(ざつがく) | miscellaneous knowledge ☆☆☆☆☆ 雑 (miscellaneous , random) + 学 (knowledge) = 雑学 (miscellaneous knowledge) "miscellaneous knowledge" - the best section to find cheap, weird books at BOOK OFF.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
字 | letter | CHILD | 子
宇 | cosmos | THOUSAND | 千
学 | knowledge | MOHICAN |

The CHILD can only write one letter.

There's a THOUSAND cosmoses in string theory.
The MOHICAN punker has a knowledge of @narchy.

## Synonyms

confucianism 儒学 儒教
learn 勉強 学ぶ 習う 自習
student 弟子 学生 生徒 教徒