塾 means “cram school, private school”

じゅく · juku

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジュク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 14 strokes

The story

Earth (土) under 孰, "who?": picture a teacher calling on a crowded room. 塾 once named the rooms beside a gate where children were taught; now it is cram school, where Japanese students go after class, and Keio University keeps it in its full name, 慶應義塾.

Used in 塾 (juku, cram school), 学習塾 (gakushuujuku, tutoring school), and 私塾 (shijuku, private academy)

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