The Chinese word 学术 (xuéshù), meaning "academic" or "scholarship", is a compound formed by combining two independent morphemes: 学 (xué), which means "to study" or "learning", and 术 (shù), which means "technique", "method", or "art". Together, they create a coordinative compound where both elements contribute equally to a new, synthesized meaning that transcends their individual definitions. The term thus represents the systematic pursuit and methodology of knowledge, the study and the techniques or arts of a field, encapsulating the entire formalized body of learning, research, and theory within a discipline.