校
校 — Exam
exam, school, printing, proof, correction
On’yomiコウ (kou)
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 校
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
| 高校 | こうこう koukou | senior high school; high school |
| 校長 | こうちょう kouchou | principal; head teacher; headmaster |
| 高校生 | こうこうせい koukousei | senior high school student |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう shougakkou | primary school; elementary school; grade school |
| 中学校 | ちゅうがっこう chuugakkou | junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school |
Study notes
校 is a JLPT N5 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 1), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #294 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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