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开学

Traditional: 開學

kāi xué

HSK 3.0 · 2

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

kāi xué · hoi1 hok6 (Jyutping)

  1. (of a student) to start school
  2. (of a semester) to begin
  3. (old) to found a school
  4. the start of a new term

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

开

Meaning
open; initiate, begin, start
Radical
廾
Strokes
4
Components
⿱一廾
Cangjie
MT
Four-corner
1044

学

Meaning
learning, knowledge; school
Radical
子
Strokes
8
Components
⿱⿱⺍冖子
Cangjie
FBND
Four-corner
3240.7 9040.7

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