to practice; to study; habit

Made up of [ bīng ice radical 15, hidden; concealed; small radical 5]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 3 strokes.
The old form had two 'wings' over 'self' suggesting learning 'to fly' and hence 'studying', the modern represent just a single wing

Related characters


Also uses bīng component: bīng (ice) (next in sequence) lěng (cold) liáng (cool)
Also uses component: chī (to eat) (why) jiǔ (nine) kǒng (great) (ceremony) lìng (to order) luàn (in confusion or disorder) mài (sell) mǎi (buy) (also) 亿 (100,000,000) (skill) (to recollect) (to use)

Different tone

西 (west) (sunset) (to bestow) (box; bag) (to be fond of) (to wash) (system)

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stroke order for 习
Stroke order for character 习, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

People

习近平 Xi Jinping

Proverbs

习惯成自然 xí guàn chéng zì rán Habit becomes engrained