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Kanji Information Sheet for 校 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 木 (き) – tree
Henshall Mnemonic: check six wooden crosses for school
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #294 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #294 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
- 高校 [こうこう]
(n) senior high school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 高校生 [こうこうせい]
(n) senior high school student [K] [D] [Jisho] - 中学校 [ちゅうがっこう]
(n) junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 校長 [こうちょう]
(n) principal; headmaster [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小学校 [しょうがっこう]
(n) primary school; elementary school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 高等学校 [こうとうがっこう]
senior high school [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 一校 [いっこう]
(n) whole school; the first proof; one proofreading [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分校 [ぶんこう]
(n) branch school [K] [D] [Jisho] - シュタイナー学校 [シュタイナーがっこう]
(n) Steiner school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 盲学校 [もうがっこう]
(n) school for the blind [K] [D] [Jisho] - 専門学校 [せんもんがっこう]
vocational school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 学校法人 [がっこうほうじん]
(legally) incorporated educational institution [K] [D] [Jisho] - 将校 [しょうこう]
(n) commissioned officer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 女学校 [じょがっこう]
(n) girl's school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 校閲 [こうえつ]
(n) revision [K] [D] [Jisho] - 校歌 [こうか]
(n) school song [K] [D] [Jisho] - 校旗 [こうき]
(n) school flag [K] [D] [Jisho] - 休校 [きゅうこう]
(n) closing school (temporarily); dropping one's studies [K] [D] [Jisho] - 開校 [かいこう]
(n) opening a school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 校正 [こうせい]
(n,vs) proofreading; correction of press [K] [D] [Jisho] - 校則 [こうそく]
(n) school regulations [K] [D] [Jisho] - 予備校 [よびこう]
(n) prep school (ronin year) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 校内 [こうない]
(n) within a school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 校門 [こうもん]
(n) school gate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全校 [ぜんこう]
(n) the whole school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同校 [どうこう]
(n) same school [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.