HSK 5 · Education

哲学 zhéxué “philosophy” in Chinese

Traditional 哲學

What 哲学 means

  1. philosophy

How to say 哲学

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale哲zhé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale学xué2nd tone, rising

哲学 in a sentence

  1. 哲学就是爱智慧。

    Zhéxué jiùshì ài zhìhuì.

    Philosophy is the love of wisdom.

    Sentence #1471514 from Tatoeba

  2. 我在大学主修哲学。

    Wǒ zài dàxué zhǔxiū zhéxué.

    I majored in philosophy at university.

    Sentence #795322 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 哲学不是我们用六个月就能学的东西。

    Zhéxué bú shì wǒmen yòng liù ge yuè jiù néng xué de dōngxi.

    Philosophy isn’t something you can learn in six months.

    Sentence #797532 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 哲学 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 哲 (zhé) with each of its parts in a different colour
哲zhéwise
  • 折to break · shéSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 折 (shé) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhé.

The character 学 (xué) with each of its parts in a different colour
学xuéto learn
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA roof 冖 over a child 子 at study.

How to write 哲学

哲 10 strokes · 学 8 strokes

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哲学 (zhéxué) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 哲学 (zhéxué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 哲学

Words with 学

学xué · to learn学生xuésheng · student同学tóngxué · classmate学校xuéxiào · school学习xuéxí · to study大学dàxué · university上学shàngxué · to go to school小学xiǎoxué · elementary school中学zhōngxué · middle school大学生dàxuéshēng · university student

More words: Education & Learning

学问xuéwèn · learning训练xùnliàn · to train幼儿园yòu'éryuán · kindergarten语气yǔqì · tone字母zìmǔ · letter (of the alphabet)作文zuòwén · to write an essay背诵bèisòng · to recite (from memory)贬义biǎnyì · negative connotation

FAQs

哲学 (zhéxué) means “philosophy”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhéxué: zhé with a 2nd tone, then xué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 哲学 is written 哲學. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhexue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 哲学 from the suggestions. Typing zhexue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
哲学 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.