校

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 交 – teach under a tree.

Han character

校 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木卜金大 (DYCK), four-corner 4094₈, composition ⿰木交)

1. school
2. military field officer

References

• KangXi: page 522, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14713
• Dae Jaweon: page 910, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1205, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6821

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		校

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiào, jiào (xiao⁴, jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³, haau⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kà / kàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsiao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chiao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³, haau⁶
    • Yale: gaau, haauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³, haau⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯³³/, /hɑːu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà / kàu
    • Tâi-lô: kà / kàu
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka¹¹/, /kaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka²¹/, /kaʊ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (校, reconstructed)
Character (校), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 胡敎切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɣauH/	/ɣauH/	/ɣauH/	/ɦɯauH/	/ɦaɨwH/	/ɣauH/	/ɣauH/
Character (校), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 古孝切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣauH/	/kauH/	/kauH/	/kɯauH/	/kaɨwH/	/kauH/	/kauH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (校, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
校					6314					交					宵					2					敎					/*kreːws/
校					6330					交					宵					2					效					/*ɡreːws/

Compounds

• xiào
  • 校服
  • 校友
  • 校门
  • 校董
  • 校方
  • 校歌
  • 校工
  • 校际
  • 校纪
  • 校刊
  • 校历

• 校旗
• 校企
• 校庆
• 校容
• 校舍
• 校外
• 校尉
• 校务
• 校训
• 校园
• 校友
• 校长
• 校址
• jiào
  • 校對 (校对)

Usage notes

• Can be used in set phrases including the abbreviation 在校 (from 学校), for example: 在校斗殴 ("fighting at school").

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Japanese

Kanji

校

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: きょう (kyō), ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: かせ (kase)

Compounds

• 学校 (がっこう, gakkō): school
• 校僕 (こうぼく, kōboku): school custodian
• 校舎 (こうしゃ, kōsha): school building
• 校門 (こうもん, koumon): school gate

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Korean

Hanja

校 (gyo)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 교 (revised: gyo, McCune-Reischauer: kyo, Yale: kyo)

• Name (hangeul): 학교 (revised: hakgyo, McCune-Reischauer: hakkyo, Yale: hakqkyo)

1. school, educational establishment

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Vietnamese

Han character

校 (giáo, hiệu, hào)

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