学芸
がくげい · gakugei · JLPT N1 · noun
science
📚🎨 学 = study + 芸 = art/skill, so 学芸 = study + arts = liberal arts
学 (gaku) means learning or study, and 芸 (gei) means art or skill. Together they name the broad body of learned arts, the classic liberal arts.
学 — hands 𦥑 + roof 冖 + child 子
Originally 學, depicting two hands manipulating something (often interpreted as counting rods or the 爻 trigram symbols) under a roof, with a child 子 below — a child learning under instruction. The simplified form 学 replaces the top with a stylized 龸. Core meaning has always been 'to study, learn'.