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
教授
jiàoshòu
professor
Characters in this word
授 shòu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 受 to receive, to get, to accept
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 教授来了。 Jiàoshòu lái le. The professor has arrived.
- 王教授很好。 Wáng jiàoshòu hěn hǎo. Professor Wang is very good.
- 教授教中文。 Jiàoshòu jiāo Zhōngwén. The professor teaches Chinese.