习

習

xí

verb #19,903

Meanings

1 to practice; to study
2 habit; custom
3 to be accustomed to

Examples

HSK 3

我每天练习中文。

Wǒ měitiān liànxí Zhōngwén.

I practice Chinese every day.

HSK 3

他有早起的习惯。

Tā yǒu zǎoqǐ de xíguàn.

He has the habit of getting up early.

HSK 6

学习是一辈子的事。

Xuéxí shì yíbèizi de shì.

Learning is a lifelong matter.

Tips

usage

习 commonly appears in: 学习 (to study/learn), 练习 (to practice), 习惯 (habit), 复习 (to review), 自习 (self-study). It is rarely used alone in modern Chinese.

Components

ideograph

习 xí

practice; habit

Single ideographic unit. Heavily simplified from 習 - 羽 (two wings) over 白 - the picture of a young bird flapping repeatedly to learn flight, hence practice, habit. The 1956 reform kept only one stylised wing-shape. Indexed under Kangxi #15 冫 (bīng, ice) by tradition via the two-dot pattern.

Filed under radical 冫 (bīng, #15) by convention. 冫 is not a separate component in 习, so no strokes are highlighted.

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