教 (jiào)
teaching; religion; to instruct
How 教 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 耂 — old
- Traditional
- 教
- Simplified
- 教 (unchanged)
Components
- 耂 old
- 子 child
- ⺙ knock
教 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- jiào
- surname Jiao
- jiāo
- to teach
Common words using 教
- 教室 jiàoshì
- classroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 教授 jiàoshòu
- professor; to instruct; to lecture on
- 教育 jiàoyù
- to educate; to teach; education
- 佛教 fójiào
- Buddhism
- 基督教 jīdūjiào
- Christianity; Christian
- 外教 wàijiào
- foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师); greenhorn; novice
- 宗教 zōngjiào
- religion
- 家教 jiājiào
- family education; upbringing; to bring sb up
- 指教 zhǐjiào
- to give advice or comments
- 支教 zhījiào
- program bringing education to underdeveloped areas; to work in such a program
- 教主 jiàozhǔ
- founder or head of a religion (possibly legendary); figure (man or God) worshipped by a religious sect; modern pop or film star worshipped by fans
- 教務 jiàowù
- educational administration
教 in a sentence
請大家回到教室坐好。
Qǐng dàjiā huídào jiàoshì zuò hǎo.
“Everyone please return to the classroom and sit down.”
How common is 教?
教 is the 191st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 54.8% of all running text.
Characters that appear with 教
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