校

jiào

to check; to collate; to proofread

wood (木) + crossing (交) = cross-check and collate

交 gives the sound jiào; the wooden radical likely connects to the wooden boards and tallies once used to cross-check written records. The core idea is lining things up side by side to catch errors.

木+交→校
交To crossPhonetic
木TreeSemantic

请你校一下这份文件,看有没有错误。

qǐng nǐ jiào yī xià zhè fèn wén jiàn, kàn yǒu méi yǒu cuò wù。

please check this document to see if there are any errors.

编辑需要仔细校每一页的内容,确保准确。

biān jí xū yào zī xì jiào měi yī yè de nèi róng, què bǎo zhǔn què。

the editor needs to carefully proofread the content of every page to ensure accuracy.

Words with 校

大校

dà xiào

senior ranking officer in Chinese army

校尉

xiào wèi

military officer

专科学校

zhuān kē xué xiào

specialized school

住校

zhù xiào

to board at school

校庆

xiào qìng

anniversary of the founding of a school

驾校

jià xiào

driving school

校正

jiào zhèng

to proofread and correct

中校

zhōng xiào

middle ranking officer in Chinese army

中央党校

zhōng yāng dǎng xiào

Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933

医科学校

yī kē xué xiào

medical school

院校

yuàn xiào

college

陆军上校

lù jūn shàng xiào

colonel

More characters with 木

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