초등학교
chodeunghakgyo · TOPIK 1
elementary school
🏫🎒 初等學校 = first (초) + grade (등) + learning (학) + school (교)
초등 means beginning level: 初 is first, 等 is grade or rank. 학교 is the everyday word for school. So the word reads literally as first-grade-level school. Swap the front for 중 (middle) or 고등 (high grade) to get 중학교 and 고등학교.