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校
School
JLPT N5
Interesting Fact
Across Japan, school entrance ceremonies often coincide with cherry blossom season. For generations of students, their first school memories include standing beneath blooming sakura trees while beginning a new chapter of life.
Memory Trick
The left side is 木 (tree). The right side is 交 (crossing paths). School is a place where students cross their paths of life under a shade of sakura tree.
Readings
Onyomi: コウ (kou)
Kunyomi:
Example Words
学校
がっこう (gakkou)
School
高校
こうこう (koukou)
High school
校長
こうちょう (kouchou)
Principal
校門
こうもん (koumon)
School gate
Example Sentence
学校は八時に始まります。
がっこう は はちじ に はじまります。
gakkou wa hachiji ni hajimarimasu
School starts at eight o'clock.