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教
Jiào
1. surname Jiao
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 11 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

教
jiào
school, education
HSK 2 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

三教
SānJiào
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
主教
zhǔjiào
bishop
任教
rènjiào
to teach
佛教
Fójiào
Buddhism
信教
xìnjiào
religious belief
传教
chuánjiào
to preach
儒教
Rújiào
Confucianism
助教
zhùjiào
teaching assistant
劳教
láojiào
reeducation through labor
劝教
quànjiào
to advise and teach
受教
shòujiào
to receive instruction
叛教
pànjiào
apostasy
回教
Huíjiào
Islam
国教
guójiào
state religion
在教
zàijiào
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
执教
zhíjiào
to teach
外教
wàijiào
foreign teacher (abbr. for [[外國教師|外国教师]])
孔教
Kǒngjiào
Teaching of Confucius
宗教
zōngjiào
religion
HSK 6
宣教
xuānjiào
to preach a religion

Alternate Entries

教
jiāo
to teach
HSK 3
教
jiào
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
190
Word Frequency Rank
455 of 84,292

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