学

• 読み: がく
• ローマ字: gaku
• 漢字の分解: 学 (gaku/mana) — learning, study, scholarship
• 発音: /ɡa.kɯ/

意味

Learning; knowledge; scholarship. Academic study or the pursuit of knowledge.

A noun that can stand alone to mean learning or scholarship, but most commonly appears as a suffix indicating a field of study: 科学 (science), 文学 (literature), 数学 (mathematics). As a standalone word, it carries a somewhat literary or formal tone, often appearing in proverbs and set phrases.

例文

1. 学のある人は話していて面白い。
2. 彼は独学で英語を身につけた。
3. 大学で経済学を専攻している。

使い方ガイド

場面: academia, education, intellectual discussion

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 学 (simplified from 學) depicts a child (子) under a roof with hands reaching for knowledge. It has been central to East Asian intellectual tradition since ancient Chinese classics.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal