학교

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 學校, from 學 (“learn”) + 校 (“school”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠k̚k͈jo]

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• Phonetic hangul: [학꾜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hakgyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	haggyo
McCune–Reischauer?	hakkyo
Yale Romanization?	hak.kyo

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 학교의 / 학교에 / 학교까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

학교 • (hakgyo) (hanja 學校)

1. school

   우리가 학교에 다녔을 때 이래로

   uriga hakgyoe danyeosseul ttae iraero

   since we went to school; since schooldays

Related terms

• 학생 (學生, haksaeng, “student”)