Chinese

學院

xuéyuàn
institute; academy; college (Classifier: 所 m)
  • TOCFL 4
  • 学院

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  • 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”
  • characterChinese院 “courtyard; yard”
    • meaningChinese阜 “mound”
    • soundChinese完 “whole; complete; intact”
      • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
      • soundChinese元 “first; initial; primary; beginning”

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