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校

학교

교

부수: 木
획수: 10획

校 has the meanings to verify and school.

校 = 木 + 交

X = semantic + phonetic

• 木 depicts a tree and represents ‘wood’.
• 交 depicts twisted threads, but is used for its sound.

校 came to mean ‘school’ via a sound loan. The character originally meant ‘pillory’ – a wooden headlock used for torture.

Evolution:
校 = pillory ➔ borrowed use ➔ to verify
校 = pillory ➔ borrowed use ➔ school

Mnemonic

The crisscrossed threads in 交 can symbolise ‘interconnections’ and ‘exchanging ideas’. Schools 校 are essentially places where people connect and exchange knowledge. Use 木 to imagine the wooden desks etc in a classroom.

Alternatively, imagine schools 校 as places where students are tied 交 to their desks 木 for state-enforced mind control.

Vocab

to verify
校正	교정	correction; proofreading
校訂	교정	proofreading
school
學校	학교	school
校庭	교정	school grounds
校長	교장	principal; headmaster
校服	교복	school uniform
校時	교시	class period
校則	교칙	school regulations
校內	교내	being in school; school grounds
校門	교문	school gate; school entrance
休校	휴교	closed school
登校	등교	attending school
母校	모교	one’s alma mater
高等學校	고등학교	high school
學校生活	학교생활	school life; student life
將校	장교	commissioned officer (military)

Additional notes

This character must not be confused with 敎 (교|가르칠), as in 敎育 (교육|education).

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