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塾

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cram school

HSK 10 N1

Human →Actions

shú

ジュク

숙

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 孰 represents the sound.

Components

土 earth+ 孰 who? which? what? =

塾 cram school

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

soil, earth

孰 Phonetic component

shú who? which? what?

who? which? what? which one?

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

塾

Regular

Modern

Chinese

塾 [shú]

private school

Japanese

塾じゅく同音

noun cram school; private tutoring school; juku

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

あの子を無理に塾に通わせるのは反対だね。

I'm against us forcing the child to go to cram school.

Japanese Names

塾そうら

Soura unclassified name

塾むねたか

Munetaka unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (3)

私塾 [sīshú] #31,355

private school (in former times)

村塾 [cūnshú] #69,965

(old) village school

蒙塾 [méngshú]

JAPANESE WORDS (24)

⭐ 塾生 [じゅくせい] #45,705

cram school student

学習塾 [がくしゅうじゅく] #49,756

⭐ 私塾 [しじゅく] #50,340

small private school (esp. for cramming)

⭐ 塾長 [じゅくちょう] #53,824

principal of a private school

入塾 [にゅうじゅく] #72,451

enrolling at a cram school

進学塾 [しんがくじゅく] #81,597

(private) part-time school for that prepares students for entrance examinations

義塾 [ぎじゅく] #93,542

塾通い [じゅくがよい] #97,292

attending cram school

慶應義塾大学 [けいおうぎじゅくだいがく] #100,429

Keio University

画塾 [がじゅく] #123,595

private painting school

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