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
jiàoxué
teaching
Characters in this word
学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 教学很重要。 Jiàoxué hěn zhòngyào. Teaching is very important.
- 他做教学。 Tā zuò jiàoxué. He works in teaching.
- 教学有意思。 Jiàoxué yǒu yìsi. Teaching is interesting.