学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
学期
xuéqī
school term; semester
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 新学期开始。 Xīn xué qī kāi shǐ. The new term starts.
- 这个学期很忙。 Zhè ge xué qī hěn máng. This term is very busy.
- 学期快结束了。 Xué qī kuài jié shù le. The term is almost over.
Related words
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 放学 fàngxué to finish classes (for the day)
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 上学 shàngxué to go to school
- 同学 tóngxué classmate
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 学 xué to learn, to study
- 学习 xuéxí to study, to learn
- 学校 xuéxiào school