高等学校

See also: 高等學校

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 高等学校 – see 高等學校 (“institution of higher learning; colleges and universities”). (This term is the simplified form of 高等學校).

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
高	等	学	校
こう Grade: 2	とう Grade: 3	がく > がっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
高等學校 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

高等 (こうとう, kōtō, “high level”) + 学校 (がっこう, gakkō, “school”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーとーが​っこー [kòótóógáꜜkkòò] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ːɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

高(こう)等(とう)学(がっ)校(こう) • (kōtō-gakkō) 

1. (education) high school, senior high school

Synonyms

• 高校(こうこう) (kōkō)

Coordinate terms

• 保育所(ほいくしょ) (hoikusho): nursery school
• 幼稚園(ようちえん) (yōchien): kindergarten
• 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
• 大学校(だいがっこう) (daigakkō): college, university
• 大学(だいがく) (daigaku): college, university
• 大学院(だいがくいん) (daigakuin): graduate school

See also

• 学校(がっこう) (gakkō): school