Chinese symbol for “teach”
教授
jiāo shòu
to teach (a subject)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for teach is 教授 (jiāo shòu), defined as: to teach (a subject).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “teach”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教 | jiāo | to teach; to instruct |
| 教 | jiào | (bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 训 (訓) | xùn | to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule |
| 授课 (授課) | shòu kè | to teach; to give lessons |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教授.
| 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 |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 授权 (授權) | shòu quán | to authorize |
| 授予 | shòu yǔ | to award; to confer |
| 传授 (傳授) | chuán shòu | to impart; to pass on; to teach |
| 授课 (授課) | shòu kè | to teach; to give lessons |
See also: Japanese symbol for “teach”.
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.