我校 (wǒ jiào) — our school

Definition

我校 is the formal, written way to say 'our school,' typically used in announcements, official documents, or institutional speech rather than casual conversation.

noun
our school

Examples

  • 我校。
    wǒ jiào Jiāng yú xià zhōu jǔ bàn yùn dòng huì.
    Our school will hold a sports meet next week.
  • 我校。
    wǒ jiào De tú shū guǎn cáng shū fēi cháng fēng fù.
    Our school's library has a very rich collection of books.
  • 我校。
    wǒ jiào Huān yíng gè wèi xiào yǒu huí fǎng.
    Our school welcomes all alumni to visit.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

我wǒour
校xiàoschool

我 indicates the speaker's group and 校 indicates school, giving our school.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

The glyph 我 originally drew a trident-like weapon. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write the pronoun "I", so the picture and the meaning are unrelated.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
交
交jiāo校jiào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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