教 jiāo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 孝 filial piety, obedience 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
教
jiāo
to teach
Character
Example phrases
- 王老师教我们汉语。 Wáng lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen Hànyǔ. Teacher Wang teaches us Chinese.
- 老师教我们写汉字。 Lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen xiě Hànzì. The teacher teaches us to write characters.
- 请你教我汉语。 Qǐng nǐ jiāo wǒ Hànyǔ. Please teach me Chinese.
Related words
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 班 bān class, team
- 考试 kǎoshì exam; to take an exam
- 考 kǎo to test, to take an exam
- 放学 fàngxué to finish classes (for the day)
- 上学 shàngxué to go to school
- 下课 xiàkè to finish class
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class
- 课文 kèwén text (of a lesson)
- 课本 kèběn textbook
- 课 kè lesson, class
- 本子 běnzi notebook, exercise book