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开学

kāixué

to start school

A student entering a school doorway
Memory picture

Characters in this word

开 kāi

Strokes
4
Radical
廾 — two hands
Made of
一 one 廾 two hands
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

学 xué

Strokes
8
Radical
子 — son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 明天开学了。 Míngtiān kāixué le. School starts tomorrow.
  • 开学第一天。 Kāixué dì yī tiān. It is the first day of school.
  • 我怕开学。 Wǒ pà kāixué. I am afraid of school starting.

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