塾

じゅく · juku · JLPT N1 · noun

school

📚 孰 (ripe) gives the sound: the place where you get ripened by extra study

Originally a private teaching hall, 塾 pairs the earth radical 土 with 孰 (ripe), which supplies the sound. Modern juku is the after-school cram school.

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