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Kanji Detail for 塾 - "private school, cram school"

塾

  • Meaning

    塾 means "private school, cram school."

    1. Private school - A place for supplementary education.

    2. Cram school - An institution for intensive study.

  • Words using 塾

    • 塾長 じゅくちょう Listen principal of a private school

  • Tattoo check: 塾

    • Verified meaning: private school, cram school
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そうら, むねたか)

    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 塾

    Surnames 塾(そうら)Listen 塾(むねたか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cram school; private school

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    village school; private tutorage

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    private school

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    village school; private tutorage

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

    A hall beside the gate. In ancient palace architecture, the rooms on either side of the main gate were called 塾. This was where children studied, hence called 家塾. Later, old-style private schools were called 私塾; their teachers were called 塾師.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    juku(ジュク) ジュク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    private school cram school academic academy after-school cramming education enrichment exam guidance institute institution instruction intensive learning mentorship preparation scholarship study supplementary teaching test tutorial tutoring

Sentences including 塾

  • I have to go to cram school.

  • He goes to a tutorial school three days a week.

  • My cram school is a long way from here.

  • He studies at a cram school.

  • I am dating my cram school teacher.

  • I'm against us forcing the child to go to cram school.

  • I recently started teaching at a cram school. Mainly I tutor maths and English to students individually.

  • "Yamada-kun, what are you doing here?" "I'm working part-time." "You also work part-time at the cram school, right? And yet, you also work at the izakaya?" "As a helper sometimes."

  • "You said that Tom is taking the secondary school entrance exam? Where is he going for preparatory school?" "He's going to one in the city." "How is he getting there? Are you taking him to and from?" "No. He always gets there by himself."

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