校 (xiào/jiào) — school; field officer; (jiào) to check, collate

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校 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)

校＝木＋交

ㄒㄧㄠˋ · xiào/jiào

noun — school; field officer; (jiào) to check, collate

字源 FORM — what the parts do

木義wood — the beams

交聲jiāo — gives the soundlegs crossed — the crossing

{j,q,x}ITjiāo → xiào — the {j,q,x} crossing; the jiào reading keeps the initial

Wood (木) crossed (交) around the legs — the original sense is wooden fetters. 交 jiāo lends the sound. The two readings split the work: jiào lines two things up against each other — 校對, 校正; xiào is the school (學校) and the officer (上校).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩根木頭（木）交叉（交）一扣，腳就抽不出來了。

Two beams (木) cross (交) and lock — the foot cannot pull free.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

xiào

(引申)學校— school常用

→上校、校官— field officer

jiào

(本義)木枷— wooden fetters — beams crossed shut

→校對、校正— to collate, proofread — lining texts up against each other常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension