學
hak
The character sitting in school, student, and tuition
The picture Watching someone do a thing, copying it, and working it into your own hands. 學 is the side that watches and copies; 敎 is the side that shows it first.
Where the picture shows up in 學
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the house for learning
아이가 학교에 갔어요.
a-i-ga hak-gyo-e ga-sseo-yo
My child has gone to school.
A child with a bag crossing the yard in the morning and going into a classroom
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the person learning
학생은 할인돼요.
hak-saeng-eun ha-rin-dwae-yo
Students get a discount.
A student card held out at a ticket window and the price dropping
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the extra house for learning
저녁에 한국어 학원에 가요.
jeo-nyeo-ge han-gu-geo ha-gwo-ne ga-yo
I go to a Korean class in the evening.
A small lit classroom after work, people arriving one by one and sitting down
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stepping into the place of learning
딸이 내년에 입학해요.
tta-ri nae-nyeo-ne i-pa-kae-yo
My daughter starts school next year.
A child with a name tag stepping through the school gate for the first time
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what learning costs
학비를 미리 내야 해요.
hak-bi-reul mi-ri nae-ya hae-yo
The tuition has to be paid in advance.
A receipt laid down in front of one seat in a classroom
All of it in one picture
學 is watching and copying until it is yours. The building put up for that is a school; the person doing it inside is a student. The extra house you go to after that is an academy, and first setting foot in that place is enrollment. The money paid to sit there is tuition.