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]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN