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教

jiào

school, education

🔤 Pictophonetic: 攵 (script) provides meaning, 孝 provides pronunciation

HSK 2 11 strokes Very Common (2%)

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Component Breakdown

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孝

xiào

filial piety, obedience; mourning

攵

pū

to rap, to tap; script; to let go

⿰孝攵 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

xiào

孝

filial piety, obedience; mourning

💡 Ideographic: A young man 子 carrying an older man 耂

7 strokes HSK 5

lǎo

耂

old, aged; experienced

💡 Ideographic: A person bent over with long hair

4 strokes

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

子

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

📷 Pictographic: A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs

3 strokes HSK 1

了

clear; to finish; particle of completed action

📷 Pictographic: A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

pū

攵

to rap, to tap; script; to let go

📷 Pictographic: A fist made with one's right hand

4 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

yì

乂

to govern; to control; to nurture

💡 Ideographic: Shears, for cultivating a garden

2 strokes

Words Using 教 (280)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

教室 ↗

jiàoshì

classroom / CL:[[間|间<jiān>]]

jiàoshì

教室 ↗

HSK 2

classroom / CL:[[間|间<jiān>]]

religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell

jiào

教 ↗

HSK 3

religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell

教授 ↗

jiàoshòu

professor / to instruct / to lecture on / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[位<wèi>]]

jiàoshòu

教授 ↗

HSK 4

professor / to instruct / to lecture on / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[位<wèi>]]

教育 ↗

jiàoyù

to educate / to teach / education

jiàoyù

教育 ↗

HSK 4

to educate / to teach / education

教材 ↗

jiàocái

teaching material / CL:[[本<běn>]]

jiàocái

教材 ↗

HSK 5

teaching material / CL:[[本<běn>]]

教练 ↗

jiàoliàn

instructor / sports coach / trainer / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[位<wèi>]], [[名<míng>]]

jiàoliàn

教练 ↗

HSK 5

instructor / sports coach / trainer / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[位<wèi>]], [[名<míng>]]

教训 ↗

jiàoxun

lesson / moral / to chide sb / to lecture sb

jiàoxun

教训 ↗

HSK 5

lesson / moral / to chide sb / to lecture sb

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