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Chinese symbol for “abet”

教唆
jiào suō
to instigate; to incite; to abet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for abet is 教唆 (jiào suō), defined as: to instigate; to incite; to abet.

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Characters and stroke order

教 jiào
school, education
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes
唆 suō
to make mischief; to instigate, to incite
radical 30 ⼝ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 教唆.

WordPinyinMeaning
教育jiào yùto educate; to teach
教师 (教師)jiào shīteacher; 个 (gè)
宗教zōng jiàoreligion
教授jiāo shòuto teach (a subject)
教学 (教學)jiāo xuéto teach
挑唆tiǎo suōto incite; to stir up
啰唆 (囉唆)luō suolong-winded; wordy; troublesome; pesky
搬唆bān suōto stir up trouble

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.