校

Meaning

校 centers on systematic examination and correction, which naturally extends to the place where such checking happens: a school. The printing and proof senses are specific applications of comparing and correcting.

• 学校がっこう
  N5

  school

• 高校こうこう
  N5

  senior high school; high school

• 小学校しょうがっこう
  N5

  primary school; elementary school; grade school

• 高校生こうこうせい
  N4

  senior high school student

• 中学校ちゅうがっこう
  N5

  junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

• 校長こうちょう
  N4

  principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress

• 登校とうこう
  N1

  attendance (at school); going to school

• 将校しょうこう

  commissioned officer; military officer

• 校舎こうしゃ
  N2

  school building; schoolhouse

• 予備校よびこう
  N1

  preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school

• 母校ぼこう
  N1

  alma mater

• 校内こうない

  within a school

• 本校ほんこう

  main school; principal school

• 開校かいこう

  opening a school

• 校則こうそく
  N1

  school rules; school regulations

• 休校きゅうこう
  N1

  (temporary) closure of school

• 校正こうせい

  proofreading

• 全校ぜんこう

  the whole school

• 校庭こうてい
  N2

  schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus

• 校歌こうか

  school song; college song; school anthem

• 同校どうこう

  the same school

• 校門こうもん

  school gate

• 校閲こうえつ

  revision; proofreading

• 分校ぶんこう

  branch school

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