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
教师
jiàoshī
teacher
Characters in this word
师 shī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 刂 knife 帀 to rotate, to revolve, to make a circuit
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我妈妈是教师。 Wǒ māma shì jiàoshī. My mother is a teacher.
- 教师在上课。 Jiàoshī zài shàng kè. The teacher is teaching class.
- 他是好教师。 Tā shì hǎo jiàoshī. He is a good teacher.