校

音読おんよみ: コウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: 木(きへん)

Meaning

School / Campus / Proofreading (as in 校正)

  • 学校がっこう — school
  • 校長こうちょう — principal
  • 校庭こうてい — schoolyard
  • 校舎こうしゃ — school building
  • 登校とうこう — going to school
  • 休校きゅうこう — school closure

校 is strongly tied to schools (学校, 校長, 登校), but it also appears in 校正, meaning “proofreading / correcting text.” So this kanji connects both “school learning” and “checking / correcting.”

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