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教

jiào, jiāo

teach

Depicts teaching a child (子) math or divination (爻) using a rod (攵).

Components
爻 sound,iconic component

爻  Sound Iconic component

yáo

  

diagrams for divination

子 iconic component

子  Iconic component

zi, zǐ

  

child

攵 iconic component

攵  Iconic component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

教 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
教 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
教 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
教 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
教 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

教  

jiào

teach, class; religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell

教  

Jiào

surname Jiao

教  

jiāo

to teach

Most common words with 教
Freq.
Word
Meaning

教育

to educate

教

religion

教授

professor

教练

instructor

教师

teacher

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.[k]ˤraw

kaew

jiāo

teach

*s.kˤraw-s

kaewH

jiào

teaching; instruction


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 73.3461% of movies

335th most common character in movies

191st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6559

Shuowen

“教，上所施下所效也。从攴，从。，古文教；，亦古文教。”


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