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HSK 1 · School

上学

shàng xué

to go to school

Stroke order of 上学

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

上 · 3 strokes学 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

上 up goes to the 学 school where a child 子 under a roof studies.

Parts: 上 up/go to + 学 study (⺍ + 冖 roof + 子 child)

The characters in 上学

  • 上 shàng — up; on; above (3 strokes)
  • 学 xué — to learn (8 strokes)

Example sentence

我们八点上学。

We go to school at eight.

Words with 上

上午morning (before noon)早上early morning晚上evening楼上upstairs上课to attend class上班to go to work身上on the body; on (one)上网to go online网上online上车to get on (a vehicle)车上in the car; on the bus路上on the way上up; on; above上边above; top地上on the ground关上to close; to turn off上次last time马上immediately; right away

Words with 学

学校school学生student同学classmate大学university大学生college student小学primary school小学生primary school student中学middle school中学生middle school student学院college; institute教学楼classroom building放学to finish school学to learn学习to study; to learn科学家scientist教学teaching中小学primary and secondary schools开学school starts

More words: School

学校school学生student同学classmate老师teacher大学university大学生college student小学primary school小学生primary school student中学middle school中学生middle school student学院college; institute教学楼classroom building男生male student; boy女生female student; girl班class; team放学to finish school

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