校

校	Meanings: school On Readings: コウ kou Kun Readings: Most Used Pronunciation: kou JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 木 Stroke Number: 10

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Common jukugo
高校生 - こう　こう　せい kou kou sei - high school student
小学校 - しょう　がっこう shou gakkou - elementary school
中学校 - ちゅう　がっこう chuu gakkou - middle school, junior high
校長 - こう　ちょう kou chou - principal, head master (of a school)

Useful Examples
Japanese: あの人が校長先生です。
Romaji: ano hito ga kou chou sensei desu.
English: That person is the principal.

Japanese: 弟は小学校へ通っています。
Romaji: otouto wa shougakkou e kayotte imasu.
English: My little brother goes to an elementary school.

Japanese: マイクは高校二年生でアンも同学年だ。
Romaji: maiku wa koukou ni nensei de an mo dougakunen da.
English: Mike is in the second year of high school and Ann is too.

Japanese: ジェーンはときどき学校まで走っていく。
Romaji: jie-n wa tokidoki gakkou made hashitte iku.
English: Jane sometimes runs to school.

Look alike kanji
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Notes/Mnemonic
Remember: many schools buildings are made of trees (木)

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.