学校 (がっこう) — school
学校
school
Frequency #625
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 1
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun
school
gakkou
がっこう
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
がっこう[0] heiban 平板
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Meanings
- school
Explained in simple Japanese
- こどもたちが 先生に べんきょうを ならう ところ。
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Usage examples
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学校の仕組みも変化しました。
Gakkou no shikumi mo henka shimashita.
The school system also changed.
明治維新 — 日本が大きく変わった時 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第3章 藩から県へ、家から学校へ
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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.
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Grammar Points
Grammar patterns commonly used with 学校.