転校

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 転校(てんこう) means transferring from one school to another.
• Basic usage: It is used for changing schools because of a family move or introducing a student arriving from another school.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What changes compared with 転勤
  • 転勤(てんきん) means a transfer to a different work location. In the first example, the father's 転勤 causes the child's 転校, separating the change of workplace from the change of school.