習

See also 习

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 羽 (“wings”) + 日 (“sun”) – to learn to fly, to practice flying.

In current form, 日 (sun) has changed to 白 (white), so present form is 羽 (“wings”) + 白 (“white”).

Han character

習 (radical 124 羽+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸一竹日 (SMHA), four-corner 1760₂, composition ⿱羽白)

1. practice
2. flapping wings

References

• KangXi: page 956, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28672
• Dae Jaweon: page 1402, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3345, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7FD2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

習 (simplified 习, Yale jaap6)

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Japanese

Kanji

習 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go'on: じゅう (jū)
• Kan'on: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: ならう (習う narau), ならい (narai)

Compounds

• 練習 (れんしゅう, renshū, “practice”)

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Korean

Hanja

習 (hangeul 습, revised seup, McCune-Reischauer sŭp, Yale sup)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

習 (simplified 习, pinyin xí (xi2), Wade-Giles hsi²)

Compounds

• 習性
• 習慣

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Vietnamese

Han character

習 (tập, chập, dập, giặp, tấp, xập, sập)