Chinese

同學

tóngxué
schoolmate; classmate (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 名 m c; 位 m c)
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  • 同学

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  • characterChinese同 “same; identical”
    • simplified fromChinese衕 “passageway; lane; alley”
      • meaningChinese行 “to walk”
        • componentChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
        • componentChinese亍 “to stop; to stand still”
  • characterChinese學 “to comprehend; to realise; to understand”
    • soundChinese爻 “a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines; a hexagram of the I Ching”
      • componentChinese乂 “original form of 刈 (yì, “to weed; to mow”)”
    • soundChinese六 “six”

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