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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).

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 jiāo
school, education
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes
授 shòu
to award, to confer, to instruct, to teach
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “teach”

WordPinyinMeaning
教jiāoto teach; to instruct
教jiào(bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion
教学 (教學)jiāo xuéto teach
训 (訓)xùnto teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
授课 (授課)shòu kèto teach; to give lessons

Related words

Other words that share a character with 教授.

WordPinyinMeaning
教育jiào yùto educate; to teach
教师 (教師)jiào shīteacher; 个 (gè)
宗教zōng jiàoreligion
教学 (教學)jiāo xuéto teach
授权 (授權)shòu quánto authorize
授予shòu yǔto award; to confer
传授 (傳授)chuán shòuto impart; to pass on; to teach
授课 (授課)shòu kèto 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.

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