校

jiào · xiào

to check; to collate; to proofread

Radical: 木 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

机木本林来格树板横极松朱

Same radical

机木本林来格树板横极松朱条权术

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Character Decomposition

校=木+交

Etymology

wood

Meanings2 pronunciations

jiào

to check; to collate; to proofread

xiào

(bound form) school; college

(bound form) (military) field officer

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Words with 校 328 total

senior ranking officer in Chinese army · senior colonel大校dà xiào (political) party school党校dǎng xiào school for cadres · May 7 Cadre School干校gàn xiào branch of a school分校fēn xiào alma mater母校mǔ xiào Manchurian officer旗校qí xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army · major · lieutenant commander少校shào xiào to proof-read · to review (a text)审校shěn jiào high ranking officer in Chinese army · colonel上校shàng xiào

Idioms with 校 7 total Chain

(idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider摸金校尉mō jīn xiào wèi

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