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
教学楼
jiàoxuélóu
classroom building
Characters in this word
学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
楼 lóu
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 娄 a constellation
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们的教学楼很大。 Wǒmen de jiàoxuélóu hěn dà. Our classroom building is very big.
- 我们教学楼很高。 Wǒmen jiàoxuélóu hěn gāo. Our classroom building is very tall.
- 他在教学楼里看书。 Tā zài jiàoxuélóu lǐ kàn shū. He is reading in the classroom building.
Related words
- 教 jiāo to teach
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 放学 fàngxué to finish classes (for the day)
- 上学 shàngxué to go to school
- 同学 tóngxué classmate
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 学 xué to learn, to study
- 学习 xuéxí to study, to learn
- 学校 xuéxiào school