Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

63 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: study, learning, science

Kunyomi: まな.ぶ

Onyomi: ガク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: child, seed

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

生(がくせい)   student

者(がくしゃ)   scholar

(だいがく)   university

院(だいがくいん)   graduate school

金(しょうがくきん)   scholarship

人類(じんるいがく)   anthropology

言語(げんごがく)   linguistics

校(がっこう)   school

期(がっき)   term, semester

ぶ(まなぶ)   study

Onyomi Examples

ガク learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education, study of ..., -ology, -ics

ガクイ (academic) degree

短期大 タンキダイガク junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

法医 ホウイガク forensic medicine, forensic pathology, medical jurisprudence, legal medicine

Kunyomi Examples

まなぶ to study (in depth), to learn, to take lessons in