소학교

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 小學校.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰo̞(ː)ɦa̠k̚k͈jo]
• Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)학꾜]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sohakgyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sohaggyo
McCune–Reischauer?	sohakkyo
Yale Romanization?	sōhak.kyo

Noun

소학교 • (sohakgyo) (hanja 小學校)

1. (obsolete) primary school
2. (North Korea, China, Japan) elementary school

Synonyms

• 초등학교(初等學校) (chodeunghakgyo)
• (obsolete) 국민학교(國民學校) (gungminhakgyo)