教 — Chinese character
教
jiào
school, education
- Pinyin
- jiào
- Radical
- 66 ⽁ (Rap)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 孝 攵
- Formation
- pictophonetic — script; meaning component 攵; sound component 孝
- Japanese
- 教 as a kanji
Common words with 教
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
| 教授 | jiāo shòu | to teach (a subject) |
| 教授 | jiào shòu | professor |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 教学 (教學) | jiào xué | teaching; instruction; measure word: 次 (cì) |
| 教堂 | jiào táng | church; chapel; measure word: 座 (zuò), 所 (suǒ), 间 (jiān) |
| 教会 (教會) | jiāo huì | to show; to teach |
| 教会 (教會) | jiào huì | Christian church |
| 教训 (教訓) | jiào xun | to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson |
| 教练 (教練) | jiào liàn | to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位 (wèi),名 (míng)) |
English words written with 教
教 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 7 · Art of War 3 · Mencius 35 · Zhuangzi 37 · Great Learning 5 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 42
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 43
- Analects 2.20
- Analects 7.24
- Analects 13.9
- Analects 13.29
- Analects 13.30
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