校

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 校. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 校, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 校 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 校 you have here. The definition of the word 校 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of校, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
校 U+6821, 校
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6821
← 栠
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 栢 →

Translingual

Stroke order
10 strokes

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

Historical forms of the character 校
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烄 *keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮 *pʰreːws
交 *kreːw
郊 *kreːw
茭 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟 *kreːw
鮫 *kreːw
鵁 *kreːw
咬 *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨 *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞 *kreːwʔ
狡 *kreːwʔ
姣 *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊 *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校 *kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓 *kreːws
跤 *kʰreːw
頝 *kʰreːw
骹 *kʰraːw
齩 *ŋɡreːwʔ
洨 *ɡreːw
胶 *ɡreːw
效 *ɡreːws
効 *ɡreːws
傚 *ɡreːws
皎 *keːwʔ
恔 *keːwʔ
晈 *keːwʔ
窔 *qeːws
駮 *pqreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːws, *ɡreːws) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 校

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 校 (學校)
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiɑu⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕiau⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕiɑu⁵³/
Jinan /ɕiɔ²¹/
Qingdao /ɕiɔ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕiau³¹²/
Xi'an /ɕiau⁴⁴/
Xining /ɕiɔ²¹³/
Yinchuan /ɕiɔ¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕiɔ¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕiɔ²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕiau³⁵/
Chengdu /ɕiau¹³/
Guiyang /ɕiao²¹/
Kunming /ɕiɔ²¹²/
Nanjing /ɕiɔo⁴⁴/
Hefei /ɕiɔ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiau⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕiɔ³⁵/
Hohhot /ɕiɔ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɦiɔ²³/
Suzhou /ɦiæ³¹/
Hangzhou /ɦiɔ¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦuɔ²²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕiɔ³²⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕio³¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ɕiaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /hɑu²¹/
Hakka Meixian /kau³¹/
Taoyuan /kɑu³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hau²²/
Nanning /kau³³/
Hong Kong /hau²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hau²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hɑu²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xau⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /hau³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hiau³³/
Rime
Character 校
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡敎切
Baxter haewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦaɨwH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣauH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣauH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		haau6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 校
Reading # 2/2
No. 6330
Phonetic
component 		交
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		效
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡreːws/

Definitions

校

  1. school; college; university
    軍校／军校  ―  jūnxiào  ―  military school
  2. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 校

Pronunciation

Definitions

校

  1. (military) field officer

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 校
alternative forms 較／较 Cantonese "to adjust"

A derivative, with causative suffix -s, of 交 (OC *kreːw). (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kàu - literary;
  • kà - vernacular.
Note:
  • 5kau - vernacular;
  • 5ciau - literary.
    Rime
    Character 校
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 肴 (90)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 古孝切
    Baxter kaewH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kˠauH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kᵚauH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kauH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kaɨwH/
    Li
    Rong         		/kauH/
    Wang
    Li         		/kauH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kauH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiào
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gaau3
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 校
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 6314
    Phonetic
    component         		交
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		敎
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kreːws/

    Definitions

    校

    1. † fetters; shackles
    2. † railing; barracks
    3. (historical) horsekeeper official
    4. † to examine; to check
    5. to proofread; to check; to compare
    6. (printing) proof
    7. (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
    8. † to oppose; to resist
    9. † to contest
    10. † to bother about; to fuss about
    11. † to decorate
    12. † to calculate

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    校

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. school building
    2. shackles

    Readings

    Compounds

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese 校 (MC kaewH).

    Historical readings

    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

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    校 (eumhun 학교 교 (hakgyo gyo))

    1. Hanja form? of 교 (“school; educational establishment”).

    Compounds

    Compounds

    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

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Wikious
    Boobota
    Sagapedia