学 xué study
Made up of [子 zǐ child; sage; seed radical 39]Similar looking characters : 字 zì (letter)
Alternative traditional form of character: 學
Made with 8 strokes.
Represents a teacher laying on hands to clear the darkness over a 'child'
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 子 zǐ component: 存 biān (to exist) 孚 fú (to trust) ; 孩 hái (child) ; 好 hǎo (good) ; 亨 hēng (prosperous) ; 季 jì (season) ; 孔 kǒng (great) ; 李 lǐ (plum) ; 孟 mèng (first month of a season) ; 孙 sūn (grandson) ; 孝 xiào (filial piety or obedience) ; 字 zì (letter)
Sounds same
穴 xué (cave) ; 窄 xué (narrow)Different tone
雪 xuě (snow)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
邯郸学步 hán dān xué bù Learning how the residents of Handan walk ➚. The story is of a man back in the Warring States period who took on the gait of grand city folk trying to impress but could no longer walk properly. Pompous and pretentious.学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆 xué ér bù sī zé wǎng, sī ér bù xué zé dài Studying hard is important and gives rewards
学好三年,学坏三天 xué hǎo sān nián, xué huài sān tiān Falling into bad ways is far easier than keeping to the good
学无止境 xué wú zhǐ jìng Knowledge is infinite