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.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
学	校
がく > がっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
學校 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. school (institution dedicated to teaching and learning)

Derived terms

• 小学校(しょうがっこう) (shōgakkō): elementary school, first school
• 中学校(ちゅうがっこう) (chūgakkō): junior high school
• 高等学校(こうとうがっこう) (kōtō-gakkō): high school, senior high school
• 大学校(だいがっこう) (daigakkō): college, university
• 聾唖学校(ろうあがっこう) (rōagakkō): school for the deaf
• 盲学校(もうがっこう) (mōgakkō): school for the blind

See also

• 保育所(ほいくしょ) (hoikusho): nursery school
• 幼稚園(ようちえん) (yōchien): kindergarten
• 高校(こうこう) (kōkō): high school
• 大学院(だいがくいん) (daigakuin): graduate school

References

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

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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

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).