What is the Kanji for "Private school" and "Cram school"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Private school" and "Cram school", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Private school" and "Cram school" is "塾".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Juku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "土" means "Soil" and can be read as "Tsuchi", "To", and "Do". And The component "孰" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "塾" mean in japanese?

"塾" means "Private school" and "Cram school".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

塾: "Cram school". The Japanese noun '塾 (じゅく)' refers to a type of private supplementary educational institution, often called a 'cram school'. These schools provide intensive after-school tutoring and exam preparation, typically for students in elementary, middle, or high school. They are very common in Japan and play a significant role in the country's education system. For example: I go to a cram school to prepare for the entrance exams - (入試に向けて塾に通っています). Many students attend cram schools in addition to their regular school.

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "じ" is read as "ji". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.