Word Meaning 小学

しょうがく shougaku

小学 is read as しょうがく (shougaku) and means school for children over eight years old in ancient China.

Meaning

English

  1. school for children over eight years old in ancient China
  2. traditional Chinese philology
  3. elementary school
  4. primary school
  5. grade school

Reading

Kana

しょうがく

Romaji

shougaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 12638 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

小学生

しょうがくせい

elementary school student

小学校

しょうがっこう

primary school

小中学生

しょうちゅうがくせい

elementary and middle school pupils

小学校区

しょうがっこうく

primary school district

中小企業大学

ちゅうしょうきぎょうだいがく

Chuushoukigyou University

日本中小企業学会

にっぽんちゅうしょうきぎょうがっかい

Japan Association for Small Business Studies

日本小児放射線学会

にっぽんしょうにほうしゃせんがっかい

Japanese Society of Pediatric Radiology

大阪教育大付属池田小学校

おおさかきょういくだいふぞくいけだしょうがっこう

Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University

日本外来小児科学会

にっぽんがいらいしょうにかがっかい

Society of Ambulatory and General Pediatrics of Japan

日本小児外科学会

にっぽんしょうにげかがっかい

Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons

日本小児科学会

にっぽんしょうにかがっかい

Japan Pediatric Society

Example Sentences

10

He is in fourth grade of elementary school.

Do you go to an elementary school?

Do you go to an elementary school?

I went to elementary school in Nagoya.

They were school children then.

The other day I attended a class reunion of my elementary school.

I read this book when I went to primary school.

The other day I attended a class reunion of my elementary school.

I read this book when I went to primary school.

Don't you think elementary schoolers are taller these days?