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
教科书
jiàokēshū
textbook
Characters in this word
书 shū
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这本社会学教科书把城市化过程解释得很系统，但案例略显陈旧。 Zhè běn shèhuìxué jiàokēshū bǎ chéngshìhuà guòchéng jiěshì de hěn xìtǒng, dàn ànlì lüè xiǎn chénjiù. This sociology textbook explains the urbanisation process very systematically, but its cases seem slightly outdated.
- 这本数学教科书里有很多有趣的例子。 Zhè běn shùxué jiàokēshū lǐ yǒu hěn duō yǒuqù de lìzi. This maths textbook has many interesting examples.
- 开学第一天，同学们领到了新的教科书。 Kāixué dì yī tiān, tóngxuémen lǐngdào le xīn de jiàokēshū. On the first day of term, the students received their new textbooks.
Related words
- 教 jiāo to teach
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 教师 jiàoshī teacher
- 教室 jiàoshì classroom
- 教学 jiàoxué teaching
- 教育 jiàoyù education
- 教材 jiàocái textbook; teaching material
- 教练 jiàoliàn coach
- 请教 qǐngjiào to ask for advice
- 教授 jiàoshòu professor
- 教训 jiàoxun lesson
- 赐教 cìjiào to kindly give instruction; to offer advice