学 knowledge

(mohawk) + 子 (child)

★★★★★

8 strokes

Onyomi

GAKU

Mnemonic

The mohican child had a major knowledge of punk, and that was how he stopped being a square and GOT COOL.

Kunyomi

まな*ぶ	2 meanings: to learn something from a teacher. Also, to learn one random fact (not a whole subject). Unlike 勉強、 you can't 学ぶ by yourself. ★★★★★

Jukugo

学生(がくせい)	student ★★★★★ 学 (knowledge) + 生 (life / birth) = 学生 (student)
学校(がっこう)	school ★★★★★ 学 (knowledge) + 校 (school) = 学校 (school)
大学(だいがく)	college. ★★★★★ 大 (big) + 学 (knowledge) = 大学 (college.)
科学(かがく)	science ★★★☆☆ 科 (science) + 学 (knowledge) = 科学 (science)
XXX 学(がく)	xxx-ology ★★★☆☆ SUF SUFFIX meaning, the science of XXX. basically it means '-ology.'
文学(ぶんがく)	literature ★★☆☆☆ 文 (culture/ sentence) + 学 (knowledge) = 文学 (literature)
科学者(かがくしゃ)	scientist ★★☆☆☆ 科学 (science) + 者 (professional) = 科学者 (scientist)
奨学金(しょうがくきん)	scholarship money ★☆☆☆☆ 学 (knowledge) + 金 (gold) = 奨学金 (scholarship money)
雑学(ざつがく)	miscellaneous knowledge ☆☆☆☆☆ 雑 (miscellaneous , random) + 学 (knowledge) = 雑学 (miscellaneous knowledge) "miscellaneous knowledge" - the best section to find cheap, weird books at BOOK OFF.

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
字	letter	CHILD	子
宇	cosmos	THOUSAND	千
学	knowledge	MOHICAN

The CHILD can only write one letter.

There's a THOUSAND cosmoses in string theory.
The MOHICAN punker has a knowledge of @narchy.

Synonyms

confucianism
儒学儒教

learn
勉強学ぶ習う自習

student
弟子学生生徒教徒