cram school, private school
On'yomi (音読み)
- ジュク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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About this kanji
The kanji 「塾」 primarily means "cram school" or "private school" and is often used as a noun. It refers to educational institutions that provide extra tutoring, especially for exam preparation. You might come across compounds like 「塾長」 (じゅくちょう), which means "principal of a private school"; 「私塾」 (しじゅく), referring to a small private school; and 「塾生」 (じゅくせい), which describes a "cram school student." This kanji highlights the importance of supplementary education in Japan. Notably, it usually refers to non-traditional, often after-school learning environments rather than formal educational institutions.
Example sentences
彼は塾に通っている。
He attends a tutoring school.
Meanings across languages
- English
- cram school, private school
- Tiếng Việt
- trường thêm, trường tư
- 日本語
- 塾, 私塾
- 한국어
- 학원, 사립학교
- 中文
- 补习班, 私立学校
- id
- sekolah tambahan
- th
- โรงเรียนกวดวิชา
- es
- escuela privada
- fr
- école privée
- de
- Nachhilfeschule
- pt
- escola particular
Common compounds
- 塾長じゅくちょうprincipal of a private school
- 私塾しじゅくsmall private school (esp. for cramming), private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
- 塾生じゅくせいcram school student, student of a private-tutoring school
- 入塾にゅうじゅくenrolling at a cram school
- 義塾ぎじゅくcharity school, charitable school
- 家塾かじゅくgovernment-backed school operated by a scholar out of his home
- 画塾がじゅくprivate painting school
- 塾弁じゅくべんlunch box brought to cram school, cram school lunch box
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