校 — how to write the kanji for “exam”
校 means “exam”, “school” and “printing”; it is a JLPT N5 kanji, taught in first grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 294th most used kanji. Its parts sit side by side: 木 (“tree”, its radical), strokes 1–4; 交 (“mingle”), strokes 5–10, each finished before the next. Its 10 strokes make it one of the longest to write at N5. Its common words take the reading kou: 学校 (“school”), 高校 (“senior high school”), 校長 (“principal”) and 小学校 (“primary school”). Chinese reads it xiào, “school”, at HSK 1.
- Strokes
- 10
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 木 (“tree”)
- On
- コウ, キョウ
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒leftdown and left
- Dot ㇔leftdown and right
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
- Dot ㇔top rightdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒rightdown and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏centerdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 10 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- コウ kou, キョウ kyou (rare)
- Kun (native)
- none
- Meanings
- exam; school; printing; proof; correction
- Read kou
- 学校 高校 校長 小学校 高校生 中学校
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 294th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 교 gyo
- Common words
- 32 in JMdict
Words with 校
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
| 高校 | こうこう koukou | senior high school; high school |
| 校長 | こうちょう kouchou | principal; head teacher |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう shougakkou | primary school; elementary school |
| 高校生 | こうこうせい koukousei | senior high school student |
| 中学校 | ちゅうがっこう chuugakkou | junior high school; middle school |
| 登校 | とうこう toukou | attendance (at school); going to school |
| 同校 | どうこう doukou | the same school; the said school |
| 校舎 | こうしゃ kousha | school building; schoolhouse |
| 専門学校 | せんもんがっこう senmongakkou | vocational school; technical school |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N5, in list order: