習

Meaning

Learn, practice · aprender, practicar

Readings

• On (音読み): シュウ
• Kun (訓読み): なら.う

Example words

• 習う（ならう）— to learn (from someone); take lessons
• 練習（れんしゅう）— practice
• 習慣（しゅうかん）— habit; custom

Structure

Radical 羽 (はね · Feather, wing) · 11 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

習う = learn from a teacher / take lessons (ピアノを習う, 先生に習う); 勉強する = to study; 学ぶ = to learn (formal); aprender de memoria (words, a poem) = 覚える, not 習う. Spanish aprender covers all of them. Wings (羽) over 白: a chick practicing its flight.