school

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 校 has 10 strokes and appears in words for schools or checking and correcting documents.
• Basic usage: 学校 is read がっこう, and 校正 is read こうせい.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The reading of school
  • The reading がっこう for 学校 uses a small っ. The final 校 is こう.
• Proofreading a document
  • 原稿を二人で校正した means that two people proofread the manuscript.
  • Here, 校正 means finding and correcting document errors such as typos.