Chinese symbol for “upbringing”
教养
jiào yǎng
Traditional: 教養
to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture
The closest CC-CEDICT match for upbringing is 教养 (jiào yǎng), defined as: to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “upbringing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教养.
| 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) |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 营养 (營養) | yíng yǎng | nutrition; nourishment |
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “upbringing”.
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.