THE MAGIC OF “学”

  Every student must be very curious about what learning it? Do you know what learning is?

  Today we will learn Chinese word “学” and tell you what Chinese people think of learning.

  Chinese language has a history. Do you know what the earliest Chinese words look like? The earliest image in Chinese is called Oracle, which is a pattern carved on tortoise shell and beast bones.“学“ Oracle is like this, what do you think it looks like?

  Does it look like a simple house?

  Yes, the word “学” originally meant school, students have a place for special learning , this place is “学”.But there are two ways to write Oracle’s “学”.

  As you can see, they have two more patterns. What does this patten look like? Does it look like your hand?

  What is the pattern of these two crosses?

  Chinese reading of this word “爻”. Does it look like a spiral, a tornado? In Chinese meaning, this word expresses movement. What does sports stand for? Movement represents change. So this word also means change. Everything in the world in changing, and this word represents the hidden mystery of the world. In the word “学” ，the picture “爻” represents all the mysteries of the word.

  Oracle continues to evolve. This pattern represents the hand.

This pattern represents the house.

We can see two more graphics.

  What does this pattern represent? This patten represents a child, highlighting the child’s head and hands. Children represent hope. The continuation of humanity and the inheritance of civilization must rely on children. How can civilization continue without education for children? So the word “学” has a child’s patten.

  Children are lively by nature and need teachers to supervise their studies. The last picture of the word “学” represents the teacher. Holding a stick in the hand represents the image of the teacher.

   Why is there no teacher picture in the word “学” later? Because learning not only requires the supervision of the teacher, but also our own struggle.

   So the word “学” can be translated into school, study , knowledge, subject, student.

   In summary, do you know how the Chinese character “学” comes from?