上学 (shàng xué)

Character breakdown

• 上 (shǎng) · 3 strokes

  Originally a small line or dot above a longer line, indicating "up". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 (two). Opposite of 下.

• 学 (xué) · 8 strokes

  Simplified form of 學. Depicts two hands (𦥑) teaching a child (子) under a roof (宀). 爻 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 他不必上学。 — He doesn't have to go to school.
2. 他今天没上学。 — He is absent from school today.
3. Mayuko骑脚踏车上学。 — Mayuko goes to school by bicycle.
4. 今天不用上学。 — There is no school today.
5. 你还在上学吗？ — Are you still in school?

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