Chinese

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) がっこう [gàkkóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

学校 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 學校, counter 校, hiragana がっこう, romaji gakkō, historical hiragana がくかう)

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

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198601972