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§ 03Hanja Lexicon
학 · learn/study
學
16 STROKES회의(會意)Tier 2
지혜·명철
배울
아이(子)가 양손(臼)으로 배움(爻)
Scripture Anchor · 잠 1:5
잠 9:9 '지혜 있는 자에게 교훈을 더하라'
Etymology
爻(효 효) + 冖(덮을 멱) + 子(아들 자) — 아이가 배우는 모습, 배우고 익히는 것을 의미
Biblical Interpretation
그리스도께 배우고 말씀을 배워 지혜로운 자가 되라는 가르침을 상징한다.
마 11:29시 119:71잠 1:5
Blessing Prayer
“이 아이가 날마다 주님의 발 앞에서 배우며, 겸손한 마음으로 지혜와 지식을 쌓아가게 하소서.”
— 잠 1:5
學~
배움의 시작
學恩(학은)學德(학덕)學榮(학영)
~學
학문의 성취
恩學(은학)德學(덕학)聖學(성학)
Why this character
- 01The Scripture compresses cleanly into one glyph — the clearer the root, the steadier the name.
- 02It carries softly in Korean phonetics — easy to call, gentle to hear.
- 03No negative usage in the East Asian classics — the name does not wear thin over time.
- 04Visually balanced against the family surname character in formal documents.
Same theme characters
What to watch
- ×Always show the Hanja alongside, to avoid confusion with homophones.
- ×Read aloud with the surname to ensure no unintended negative phrase forms.
- ×Never judge fortune by stroke count or five-element divination (Charter).
Charter
BlessedName never uses Hanja as an instrument of divination. It is a lexical aid for meaning and Scripture alone.