学名

Traditional form:

學名

Pinyin (reading):

xuémíng

Definitions:

• scientific name
• Latin name (of plant or animal)
• (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students

Characters:

• 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
• 名 - name; position, rank, title

Traditional characters:

• 學 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
• 名 - name; position, rank, title