학교

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school

학교 — school

🏫 學校 = learn (학) + institution (교): the learning institution

학 (學) means learning, as in 학생 (student) and 대학 (university). 교 (校) means school building, as in 교실 (classroom) and 교장 (principal). Same hanja as Chinese xuéxiào and Japanese gakkō, so the sound echoes both.

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