Memory phrase for the character: 教


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Meaning to educate, teach, religion

Pronunciation

jiāo, jiào

Explanation

Left: filial obedience (... An old man with a stick/cane teaches them to a child ), right: strike 攵/ (a hand with a further stick )

Mnemonic


 
On this earth children a striked with a stick as: education.

Radicals

filial piety or obedience
rap, strikeShows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are:
old man
childA child with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two outstretched arms .
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 Vocabulary

教学 jiào xué  teacher and student; education
屡教不改 lǚ jiào bù gǎi  lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition; incorrigible; unrepentant
白莲教 Bái lián jiào  White Lotus society
宋教仁 Sòng Jiào rén  Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinhai revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1913
教会 jiāo huì  to show; to teach
佛教 fó jiào  Buddhism
教材 jiào cái  teaching material
教授 jiào shòu  professor; to instruct; to lecture on
教训 jiào xun  a lesson; a moral; to chide sb; to lecture sb
宗教 zōng jiào  religion
教导 jiào dǎo  to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
教导 jiào dǎo  

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