校

xiào

(bound form) school; college

(bound form) (military) field officer

wood (木) + sound xiào (交) = school

木 grounds the character in wood — early schools were wooden structures where instruction happened. 交 mainly gives the sound xiào; it does not directly carry the meaning of school.

木+交→校
交To intersectPhonetic
木WoodSemantic

这所学校有很多学生。

zhè suǒ xuéxiào yǒu hěn duō xuésheng。

this school has a lot of students.

他在部队里当校官,负责管理很多士兵。

tā zài bùduì lǐ dāng xiàoguān,fùzé guǎnlǐ hěn duō shìbīng。

he serves as a field officer in the military, responsible for managing many soldiers.

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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