学


This kanji means to learn, but it can also be used for science or study.

on readings:
  • gaku
kun readings:
  • mana
examples:
美学 bigaku aesthetics
文学史 bungaku shi history of literature
文学賞 bungaku-shō prize for literature
物理学 butsureigaku physics
物理学者 butsureigakusha physicist
地質学 chishitsugaku geology
地質学者 chishitsugakusha geologist
中学 chūgaku middle school
学界 gakkai academic world
学期 gakki semester, school term
学校 gakkō school
学校掃除 gakkō sōji period when students clean up the classroom during the school day
学究 gakkyū scholar, student
学級 gakkyū class in school
学童 gakudō schoolchild
学問 gakumon learning, science
学歴 gakureki school career, academic background
学生 gakusei student
学者 gakusha scholar
学士 gakushi university graduate
博学 hakugaku erudition, broad knowledge
化学 kagaku chemistry
科学 kagaku science
化学者 kagakusha chemist
科学者 kagakusha scientist
科学的 kagakuteki scientific
研学 kengaku study
考古学 kōkogaku archeaology
高等学校 kōtō gakkō senior high school
入学試験 nyūgaku shiken entrance exam
音韻学 on'ingaku phonology
生物学 seibutsugaku biology
生物学者 seibutsugakusha biologist
浅学 sengaku superficial knowledge
進学 shingaku entrance to a higher school
数学 sūgaku mathematics
鷹乃学習 Taka sunawachi waza o narau July 17 - 22
短期大学 tanki daigaku junior college
薬学 yakugaku pharmacy

links:
Japanese calander
Wiktionary

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Last Alteration Performed: 9 March 2026 by Bradley James Wogsland.