学術
がくじゅつ · gakujutsu · JLPT N2 · noun
learning
📚 学 study + 術 technique = the technique of study: scholarship and science
学 means study or learning, and 術 means art, skill, or method. Together they name learning pursued as a systematic method, which is why the word covers both science and scholarship.
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'.