學

Glyph origin
– a child learns in a roofed place. See for more.

In the modern form, 宀 has corrupted to, and the hands 𦥑 around the have become connected with the roof 冖 on top of the child. Ancient forms include and, which preserve more of.  regards as the phonetic component in the character, which may be true according to some Old Chinese reconstructions such as that of 's, though probably not others.

The earliest oracle bone script forms may be a.

Etymology 1
May be an endopassive derivation of. Ultimately from.

Definitions

 * 1)  to comprehend; to realise; to understand
 * 2)  to learn; to study
 * 3) to imitate; to copy; to mimic
 * 4) school
 * 5) learning; knowledge
 * 6) theory; doctrine
 * 7) subject; branch of learning; science; -ology
 * 8)  like; as
 * 1) school
 * 2) learning; knowledge
 * 3) theory; doctrine
 * 4) subject; branch of learning; science; -ology
 * 5)  like; as
 * 1) learning; knowledge
 * 2) theory; doctrine
 * 3) subject; branch of learning; science; -ology
 * 4)  like; as
 * 1) theory; doctrine
 * 2) subject; branch of learning; science; -ology
 * 3)  like; as
 * 1) subject; branch of learning; science; -ology
 * 2)  like; as
 * 1)  like; as
 * 1)  like; as
 * 1)  like; as
 * 1)  like; as

Kanji

 * 1) learning, knowledge, school
 * 1) learning, knowledge, school

Etymology
From.