study

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 学 means learning; its kun-reading is まなぶ and its on-reading is がく.
• Basic usage: 学ぶ(まなぶ) means to learn, while 学校(がっこう) means school.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Learning from experience and the reading of 学校
  • 失敗から学ぶ means learning from failure. 学ぶ applies to drawing lessons from experience as well as to studying history in a course.
  • 学校 is read がっこう, with a small っ. The compound form differs from the character's on-reading がく.