高等小学校

See also: 高等小學校

Japanese
Kanji in this term
高 等 小 学 校
こう
Grade: 2		 とう
Grade: 3		 しょう
Grade: 1		 がく > がっ
Grade: 1		 こう
Grade: 1
on’yomi goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
高等小學校 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 高(こう)等(とう) (kōtō, “higher, advanced”) + 小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) (shōgakkō, “elementary school”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こーとーしょーが​っこー [kòótóó shóógáꜜkkòò] (Nakadaka – [7])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːto̞ː ɕo̞ːɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

高(こう)等(とう)小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) • (kōtō shōgakkō) ←かうとうせうがくかう (kautou seugakukau)?

  1. (historical) higher elementary school
    Coordinate term: 尋常小学校 (jinjō shōgakkō, “ordinary elementary school”)

Usage notes

The term was used officially from 1886 to 1941, and replaced by the term 国(こく)民(みん)学(がっ)校(こう)高(こう)等(とう)科(か) (kokumin gakkō kōtō-ka, “an advanced course at national elementary school”) until 1947.

Descendants
  • → Korean: 고등소학교(高等小學校) (godeungsohakgyo)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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