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Kanji Detail for 校 - "school, education, learning"

  • Meaning

    校 means "school, education, learning."

    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.

  • 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.
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  • It is about time you went to school.

  • There is a big park near our school.

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  • I meet her at school now and then.

  • I go to school on foot.

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