小学

Character by character

• 小xiǎo3 strokesHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
• 学xué8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 學learning, knowledge; school

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我是小学生。

  Wǒ shì xiǎo xué shēng

  I'm a pupil.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 小学. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 小xiǎoHSK 1

  small; tiny; few; young

• 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1

  hour

• 学校xué xiàoHSK 1

  school

• 学xuéHSK 1

  to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology

• 学生xué shengHSK 1

  student; schoolchild

• 学习xué xíHSK 1

  to learn; to study

• 大学dà xuéHSK 1

  university; college

• 科学kē xuéHSK 2

  science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational

• 小心xiǎo xīnHSK 2

  to be careful; to take care

• 小姐xiǎo jieHSK 1

  young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute

• 小组xiǎo zǔHSK 2

  group

• 同学tóng xuéHSK 1

  to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate

• 学会xué huìHSK 6

  to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association

• 学院xué yuànHSK 1

  college; educational institute; school; faculty

• 小说xiǎo shuōHSK 2

  novel; fiction

• 上学shàng xuéHSK 1

  to go to school; to attend school

• 数学shù xué

  mathematics; mathematical

• 医学yī xuéHSK 4

  medicine; medical science; study of medicine

• 小时候xiǎo shí houHSK 2

  in one's childhood

• 化学huà xué

  chemistry; chemical

• 科学家kē xué jiāHSK 2

  scientist

• 大小dà xiǎoHSK 2

  dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority

• 中学zhōng xuéHSK 1

  middle school

• 小伙子xiǎo huǒ ziHSK 4

  young man; young guy; lad; youngster