校xiào
school; military field officer. 10 strokes, radical 木, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 校
Strokes 1–4 write 木, then strokes 5–10 write 交.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 校 · the stroke-order rules
What 校 is made of
木 (mù, tree) and 交 (jiāo, to connect).
木 carries the meaning — wood — and 交 carries the sound.
Words that use 校
| 校园 | campus 指学校内的场地范围 他漫步书香校园林荫道。He strolled the tree-lined path of the booklined campus. Lesson 83, 我的校园 · 冰清玉洁与自强不息 · Pure Aspiration, Sincere Faith & Endless Endeavor |
| 校长 | principal 指负责管理一所学校的最高领导 老校长殷切寄语勉励学子。The elderly principal gave earnest words to encourage the students. Lesson 83, 我的校园 · 冰清玉洁与自强不息 · Pure Aspiration, Sincere Faith & Endless Endeavor |
| 学校 | school 专事教书育人传授学业课程的专门育人场所 小雨，背着小书包放学啦？你们学校离茶馆远不远？Xiaoyu, off from class with your little backpack? Is your school far from the teahouse? Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 13, 问学校与上课 |
Characters that share the sound part 交
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 木
All 67 of them, and what the radical means, on the 木 radical page.