How do I say 'school in Japanese? 『校 or 学校』

[pikos]

Hello!!!! This site has helped me alot in my 'journey' of learning Japanese vocabulary and grammar. Some days ago, I was studying 校
wich means 'school' but I've also seen 学校 wich also means 'school'. So what are they're differences? I need everyone's answer please!!!!




Thanks in advance,
Pikos

[squarezebra]

As far as I'm aware, 校 functions as "school" in compounds such as 学校 (School), 高校生(senior high school student), 登校 (school attendance) etc. Basically, 校 is a kanji that has the general idea of School but it cannot be used alone; it needs to be paired with other kanji to be more specific. In other contexts such as 校正(proofreading) it isnt about school at all (though thats the only one I can think of from the top of my head, and even that's related to school-life)

[pikos]

Thanks!!!