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Chinese symbol for “education”

教育
jiào yù
to educate; to teach; education

The closest CC-CEDICT match for education is 教育 (jiào yù), defined as: to educate; to teach; education.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

教 jiào
school, education
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes
育 yù
to produce, to give birth to; to educate
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “education”

WordPinyinMeaning
培养 (培養)péi yǎngto cultivate; to breed
弦歌xián gēto sing to a string accompaniment; education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 教育.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
体育 (體育)tǐ yùsports; physical education
发育 (發育)fā yùto develop; to mature
培育péi yùto train; to breed
生育shēng yùto give birth to; to bear; fertility

See also: Japanese symbol for “education”.

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.

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