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校 xiào school

How to remember 校: 木 tree + 交 hand over = school. Under the old tree by the gate, nervous parents queue to hand over the fees on the first day of school.

  • 633. most frequent character
  • HSK 1
  • 10 strokes
  • Radical 木

Component breakdown

校 = 木 tree + 交 hand over

  • 木 tree
  • 交 hand over
    • 亠 lid
    • 父 father
The Gushi story

Under the old tree by the gate, nervous parents queue to hand over the fees on the first day of school.

How it is used

  • 'School' - 学校 (xuéxiào) school, 校园 (xiàoyuán) campus, 校长 (xiàozhǎng) principal.
  • Reading trap: it's jiào when meaning 'to proofread/collate' - 校对 (jiàoduì) proofread.

Words with 校

Example sentences

  • 学校离我家很远。 Xuéxiào lí wǒ jiā hěn yuǎn.The school is far away from my home.
  • 我家离学校很近。 Wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào hěn jìn.My house is very close to school.
  • 他离开家去学校。 Tā líkāi jiā qù xuéxiào.He left home and went to school.
  • 让我来介绍一下,这是我的校长。 Ràng wǒ lái jièshào yī xià zhè shì wǒde xiàozhǎng.Allow me to introduce you, this is my principal.