‘학’ (hak) words are common words that you will come across while studying Korean. It’s easy to see why since ‘학’ is derived from the Hanja character ‘學’ and it means to learn, study, or basically anything with school. This is a good example of how knowing the Hanja for certain words will help you learn and recognize Korean words easily.
Once you see ‘학’ in a word, then you know that it will have something to do with learning. There will be a part 2 to this as there are several other useful words with the same Hanja in them.
List of the words in this infographic:
학생 (hak-saeng) = student
학교 (hak-gyo) = school
학원 (hak-weon) = academy
유학 (yu-hak) = study abroad
학자 (hak-ja) = scholar
독자 (dok-ja) = self-study
수학 (su-hak) = math
과학 (gwa-hak) = science
전학 (jeon-hak) = jeon-hak