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Kanji Detail for 校 - "school"

校

  • Meaning

    校 means "school." Also associated with encampment, to compare.

    1. School - A place of learning; an educational institution.

    2. Encampment - A fortified fence in a military camp; by extension, the camp commander.

    3. To compare - To examine; to check against; to verify and correct errors.

    4. Shackle - A restraining device placed on criminals' neck, hands, or feet.

  • Words using 校

    • 学校 がっこう Listen school
    • 高校 こうこう Listen senior high school; high school
    • 校長 こうちょう Listen principal; head teacher; headmaster
    • 小学校 しょうがっこう Listen primary school; elementary school; grade school
    • 高校生 こうこうせい Listen senior high school student
    • 中学校 ちゅうがっこう Listen junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
    • 登校 とうこう Listen attendance (at school); going to school
    • 同校 どうこう Listen the same school; the said school

  • Tattoo check: 校

    • Verified meaning: school
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ただす)
    • Also carries these associations: encampment, to compare

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 校

    Given names 校(ただす)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    exam; school; printing; proof; correction

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    school; military field officer

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to check; to collate; to proofread

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    school; military field officer

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Wooden fetters joined to shackle prisoners. From "Book of Changes." | To compete. Testing is called 考校. Not arguing is called 不與校論. | To count is called 校. Inspecting things is called 檢校. | Proofreading books is called 校. Such as 校勘, 校對, both meaning correcting errors in books. | A school name. From "Mencius": "In Xia dynasty it was called 校." Now also called 學校. | A fenced area for raising horses is called 校. | A military unit with enclosures is also called 校. 校 is a term for camp. Hence one military division is one 校. Han dynasty had the rank of 校尉. Now the army has 上校 (colonel), 中校 (lieutenant colonel), 少校 (major), based on this.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    school encampment to compare commanding officer shackle educational institution academy campus classes college curriculum degree diploma exams faculty grades learning library military research staff students

Sentences including 校

  • They dropped out of their school.

  • Don't be late for school.

  • I usually walk to school.

  • How often do you study english at school?

  • You may bring your own lunch to school.

  • It is about time you went to school.

  • There is a big park near our school.

  • Did tom used to play hooky?

  • I meet her at school now and then.

  • I go to school on foot.

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