Japanese Word Entry
洋學校Simplified Japanese form: 洋学校
Kana: | ようがっこう |
Romaji: | yougakkou |
Definition: | Western school, school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
洋 | ocean, sea, foreign, Western style, western |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄧㄤˊ (yáng), ㄒㄧㄤˊ (xiáng), ㄧㄤˇ (yǎng) |
Cantonese: | joeng4 |
Japanese: | ヨウ (you)、 ショウ (shou) / なだ (nada) |
Korean: | 양 (yang) |
Vietnamese: | dương |
學 | learning, knowledge, school |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄒㄩㄝˊ (xué), ㄒㄧㄠˊ (xiáo), ㄏㄨㄚˊ (huá), ㄐㄧㄠˋ (jiào) |
Cantonese: | hok6 |
Japanese: | ガク (gaku) / まな.ぶ (manabu) |
Korean: | 학 (hag) |
Vietnamese: | học |
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: | 学 |
Simplified Japanese form: | 学 |
Semantic variant form: | 斈 |
校 | exam, school, printing, proof, correction, military field officer |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄒㄧㄠˋ (xiào), ㄐㄧㄠˋ (jiào), ㄐㄧㄠˇ (jiǎo), ㄑㄧㄠ (qiāo) |
Cantonese: | haau6 |
Japanese: | コウ (kou)、 キョウ (kyou) / かせ (kase)、 くらべる (kuraberu)、 かんがえる (kangaeru) |
Korean: | 교 (gyo), 효 (hyo) |
Vietnamese: | giáo, hiệu, hào, chò, giâu |