學 "learn" across Chinese. Old Chinese *m-kˤruk → Middle Chinese hæwk. Kept -k: Cantonese hok6, Hokkien ha̍k, Hakka hok Glottal -ʔ: Wu ho, Gan ho Lost: Mandarin xué, Xiang xio Simplified 学 came from PRC's 1956 reform. Traditional 學 still in Taiwan/Hong-Kong/Macau.
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