校舎

See also: 校舍

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
校	舎
こう Grade: 1	しゃ Grade: 5
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
校舍 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 校(こう) (kō, “school”) + 舎(しゃ) (-sha, “house”).

First attested in 1884.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーしゃ [kóꜜòshà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕa̠]

Noun

校(こう)舎(しゃ) • (kōsha) ^{←かうしゃ (kausya)^?}

[from 1884] school building, schoolhouse

Meronyms

校門(こうもん) (kōmon): school gate, school entrance
運動場(うんどうじょう) (undōjō): sports ground
体育館(たいいくかん) (taīkukan): gymnasium
プール (pūru): a swimming pool

References

“校舎”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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