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
教室
jiàoshì
classroom
Characters in this word
室 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 至 reach, arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我在教室。 Wǒ zài jiàoshì. I am in the classroom.
- 教室很干净。 Jiàoshì hěn gānjìng. The classroom is very clean.
- 老师进教室。 Lǎoshī jìn jiàoshì. The teacher enters the classroom.