習

Glyph origin
– to learn to fly, to practice flying.

In the current form, has changed to, so the present form is.

Alternatively, the original form may have been a.

Etymology
Two general semantic fields are found in the senses: "to flap the wings; to flutter" and "to practice". They are generally considered to be the same word, with the link being "to repeatedly flap the wings (in order to learn to fly)", a sense attested in .

Area word:
 * Mon-Khmer: 🇨🇬; Proto-Mon *le̤p ("to know how to, be skilled in") > 🇨🇬.
 * Mon-Khmer: 🇨🇬; Proto-Mon *le̤p ("to know how to, be skilled in") > 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  to flap (the wings); to flutter; to repeatedly flap the wings
 * 2) to practice; to exercise; to review
 * 3) to study; to learn
 * 4) to become familiar with; to be used to
 * 5) habit; custom
 * 6)  trusted follower
 * 7) often; frequently
 * 1) to become familiar with; to be used to
 * 2) habit; custom
 * 3)  trusted follower
 * 4) often; frequently
 * 1)  trusted follower
 * 2) often; frequently
 * 1)  trusted follower
 * 2) often; frequently

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) learn

Compounds

 * : practice
 * : common practice
 * : custom, habit
 * : self-study