小学生 (xiǎo xué shēng)

Character breakdown

• 小 (xiǎo) · 3 strokes

  Depicts three small dots, representing the meaning "small". Originally the same character as 少. The small dots possibly represent grains of sand (沙).

• 学 (xué) · 8 strokes

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

• 生 (shēng) · 5 strokes

  Pictograph of a sprout (屮) emerging from the ground (一).

Example sentences

1. 我是小学生。 — I'm a pupil.
2. 很多小学生学不好代数。 — Many pupils are poor at algebra.
3. 这个问题让小学生解决太难了。 — This problem is too difficult for primary school children to solve.
4. 有两千小学生到校。 — Two thousand pupils attend school.

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