Japanese Word Entry
高等女學校Simplified Japanese form: 高等女学校
| Kana: | こうとうじょがっこう |
| Romaji: | koutoujogakkou |
| Definition: | girls' high school (pre-WWII) |
Need more information?
Chinese characters used in this word
| 高 | tall, high, expensive, lofty, elevated, Kangxi radical 189 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄠ (gāo), ㄍㄠˋ (gào) |
| Cantonese: | gou1 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou) / たか.い (takai)、 たか (taka)、 -だか (-daka)、 たか.まる (takamaru)、 たか.める (takameru)、 たかさ (takasa) |
| Korean: | 고 (go) |
| Vietnamese: | cao |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 髙 |
| 等 | etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar, rank, grade, to wait, “and so forth” |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄥˇ (děng) |
| Cantonese: | dang2 |
| Japanese: | トウ (tou) / ひと.しい (hitoshii)、 など (nado)、 -ら (-ra)、 ら (ra) |
| Korean: | 등 (deung) |
| Vietnamese: | đẳng |
| 女 | woman, female, girl, feminine, Kangxi radical 38 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄋㄩˇ (nǚ), ㄖㄨˇ (rǔ), ㄋㄩˋ (nǜ) |
| Cantonese: | neoi5 |
| Japanese: | ジョ (jo)、 ニョ (nyo)、 ニョウ (nyou) / おんな (on'na)、 め (me)、 おんあ (onna)、 むすめ (musume) |
| Korean: | 녀 (nyeo), 여 (yeo) |
| Vietnamese: | nữ, nứ, nhữ, nữa |
| 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, đắng |