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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
校 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木卜金大 (DYCK), four-corner 40948, composition ⿰木交)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 522, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14713
- Dae Jaweon: page 910, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1205, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6821
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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烄
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*keːws, *kreːwʔ
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礮
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*pʰreːws
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交
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*kreːw
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郊
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*kreːw
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茭
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
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蛟
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*kreːw
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鮫
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*kreːw
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鵁
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*kreːw
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咬
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*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
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鉸
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
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佼
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
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詨
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*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
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絞
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*kreːwʔ
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狡
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*kreːwʔ
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姣
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*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
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筊
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*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
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校
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*kreːws, *ɡreːws
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珓
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*kreːws
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跤
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*kʰreːw
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頝
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*kʰreːw
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骹
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*kʰraːw
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齩
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*ŋɡreːwʔ
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洨
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*ɡreːw
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胶
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*ɡreːw
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效
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*ɡreːws
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効
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*ɡreːws
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傚
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*ɡreːws
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皎
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*keːwʔ
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恔
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*keːwʔ
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晈
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*keːwʔ
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窔
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*qeːws
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駮
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*pqreːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kreːws, *ɡreːws) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): xiào (xiao4)
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao4
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щё (xi͡o, III)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haau6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau5 / hau5*
- Gan (Wiktionary): hau5
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): káu
- (Meixian, Guangdong): gau3
- Jin (Wiktionary): xiau3
- Northern Min (KCR): hāu
- Eastern Min (BUC): hâu
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): hāu
- (Teochew, Peng'im): hao6
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6yau
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jiau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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校
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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6330
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Phonetic component
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交
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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效
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡreːws/
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Definitions
校
- school; college; university
- 軍校/军校 ― jūnxiào ― military school
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
校
- (military) field officer
Compounds
Etymology 3
simp. and trad.
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校
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alternative forms
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較/较 Cantonese "to adjust"
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A derivative, with causative suffix -s, of 交 (OC *kreːw). (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note:
- kàu - literary;
- kà - vernacular.
Note:
- 5kau - vernacular;
- 5ciau - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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校
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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6314
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Phonetic component
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交
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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敎
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Old Chinese
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/*kreːws/
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Definitions
校
- † fetters; shackles
- † railing; barracks
- (historical) horsekeeper official
- † to examine; to check
- to proofread; to check; to compare
- (printing) proof
- (Cantonese) to adjust
- 校返啱隻錶/校返啱只表 [Cantonese] ― gaau3 faan1 ngaam1 zek3 biu1 ― to adjust a watch to the correct time
- 校鬧鐘/校闹钟 [Cantonese] ― gaau3 naau6 zung1 ― to set an alarm clock
- † to oppose; to resist
- † to contest
- † to bother about; to fuss about
- † to decorate
- 莊校/庄校 ― zhuāngjiào ― to adorn
- † to calculate
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
校
(First grade kyōiku kanji)
- school building
- shackles
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Counter
校 • (-kō)
- schools
See also
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 校 (MC kaewH).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource
校 (eumhun 학교 교 (hakgyo gyo))
- hanja form? of 교 (“school; educational establishment”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 교문 (校門, gyomun, “school gate”)
- 교장 (校長, gyojang, “the principal of a school”)
- 등교 (登校, deunggyo, “attendance at school”)
- 교우 (校友, gyou, “alumnus”)
- 학교 (學校, hakgyo, “school”)
- 교복 (校服, gyobok, “school uniform”)
- 고교 (高校, gogyo, “high school”)
- 모교 (母校, mogyo, “alma mater”)
- 대학교 (大學校, daehakgyo, “university”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
校: Hán Nôm readings: hiệu, chò, giâu, giáo, hào
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