Chinese symbol for “instruction”
教学
jiào xué
Traditional: 教學
teaching; instruction; measure word: 次 (cì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for instruction is 教学 (jiào xué), defined as: teaching; instruction; measure word: 次 (cì).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “instruction”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 训词 (訓詞) | xùn cí | instruction; admonition |
| 训 (訓) | xùn | to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule |
| 指令 | zhǐ lìng | to order; to command; an order; a command; an instruction |
| 训令 (訓令) | xùn lìng | order; instruction |
| 训条 (訓條) | xùn tiáo | instruction; order |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教学.
| 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) |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 学校 (學校) | xué xiào | school; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 学习 (學習) | xué xí | to learn; to study |
See also: Japanese symbol for “instruction”.
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.