高等学校

See also: 高等學校

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 高等学校 – see 高等學校 (“institution of higher learning; colleges and universities”). (This term is the simplified form of 高等學校).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	等	学	校
こう Grade: 2	とう Grade: 3	がく > がっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
高等學校 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

高(こう)等(とう) (kōtō, “high level”) + 学(がっ)校(こう) (gakkō, “school”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーとーがっこー [kòótóó gáꜜkkòò] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ː ɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

高(こう)等(とう)学(がっ)校(こう) • (kōtō gakkō) ^{←かうとうがくかう (kautou gakukau)^?}

(education) high school, senior high school

Synonyms

高(こう)校(こう) (kōkō)

Coordinate terms

保(ほ)育(いく)所(しょ) (hoikusho): nursery school
幼(よう)稚(ち)園(えん) (yōchien): kindergarten
小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) (shōgakkō): elementary school, first school
中(ちゅう)学(がっ)校(こう) (chūgakkō): junior high school
大(だい)学(がっ)校(こう) (daigakkō): college, university
大(だい)学(がく) (daigaku): college, university
大(だい)学(がく)院(いん) (daigakuin): graduate school

See also

学(がっ)校(こう) (gakkō): school

References

^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN