学校

See also: 學校

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 学校 – see 學校 (“school”). (This term is the simplified form of 學校).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
学	校
がく > がっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
學校 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がっこー [gàkkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

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Noun

学(がっ)校(こう) • (gakkō) ^{←がくかう (gakukau)?} (counter 校)

1. school (institution dedicated to teaching and learning)

Derived terms

• 私(しり)立(つ)学(がっ)校(こう) (shiritsu gakkō): private school
• 小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) (shō gakkō): elementary school, primary school
• 中(ちゅう)学(がっ)校(こう) (chū gakkō): middle school, junior high school
• 高(こう)等(とう)学(がっ)校(こう) (kōtō gakkō): high school, senior high school
• 公(こう)立(りつ)学(がっ)校(こう) (kōritsu gakkō): public school
• 大(だい)学(がっ)校(こう) (daigakkō): college, university, academy, or similar educational institution established by a state ministry or other government body
• 聾(ろう)唖(あ)学(がっ)校(こう) (rōa gakkō): school for the deaf
• 盲(もう)学(がっ)校(こう) (mō gakkō): school for the blind

Descendants

• → Yami: gako

See also

• 保(ほ)育(いく)所(しょ) (hoikusho): nursery school
• 幼(よう)稚(ち)園(えん) (yōchien): kindergarten
• 高(こう)校(こう) (kōkō): high school
• 大(だい)学(がく)院(いん) (daigakuin): graduate school

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
学	校
がく > がっ Grade: 1	こー Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
學校 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡakkoː/

Noun

学(がっ)校(こー) (gakkō)  (counter 校)

1. school (institution dedicated to teaching and learning)

Derived terms

• 村(むら)学(がっ)校(こー) (muragakkō)
• 平(ふぃら)学(がっ)校(こー) (firagakkō)

See also

• 小(そー)学(がく) (sōgaku): elementary school

References

• “ガッコー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).