HSK 2 · School

开学

kāi xué

school starts

Stroke order of 开学

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

开 · 4 strokes 学 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

开 shows a bar lifted from a gate; 学 is a child learning: school opens.

Parts: 开 open + 学 school

The characters in 开学

开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)
学 xué — to learn (8 strokes)

Example sentence

下个星期就开学了。

School starts next week.

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开车to drive 开to open; to drive 打开to open; to turn on 开玩笑to joke 开机to turn on (a device)开心happy 离开to leave 走开to go away 分开to separate 开业to open for business 推开to push open 公开open; to make public 开始to start; beginning 开发to develop 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch

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 上学to go to school 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

More words: School

教室classroom 课堂classroom; class 教学teaching 教育education; to educate 年级grade; year (in school)高中senior high school 中小学primary and secondary schools 校园campus 学期semester; term 小组group 黑板blackboard 留学生international student 考生examinee 科subject; department 组group

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