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
教育
jiàoyù
education
Characters in this word
育 yù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 教育很重要。 Jiàoyù hěn zhòngyào. Education is very important.
- 孩子需要教育。 Háizi xūyào jiàoyù. Children need education.
- 她学教育。 Tā xué jiàoyù. She studies education.