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学识 (xué shí) — scholarly knowledge, erudition

Definition

学识 emphasizes deep, accumulated scholarly knowledge of a person — closer to 知识 ('knowledge' in general) but used specifically for learned expertise, not everyday facts like 常识.

noun
scholarly knowledgeerudition

Examples

  • 学识，。
    Tā xué shí yuān bó, dà jiā dōu hěn zūn jìng tā.
    His erudition is profound, and everyone respects him.
  • 学识。
    Cháng qī yuè dú kě yǐ jī lěi fēng fù de xué shí.
    Long-term reading can accumulate rich scholarly knowledge.
  • 学识。
    Zhè xiàng yán jiū xū yào shēn hòu de xué shí zuò wéi jī chǔ.
    This research requires deep erudition as a foundation.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

学xuélearning
识shíknowledge

学 means learning, and 识 means knowledge; both point to what a scholar knows.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 識; 识 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
Sound part声符shēngfú
戠
戠zhí識zhì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 識 pairs 言 (say) with 戠 as a sound part; the simplified 识 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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