Meaning
teach; religion; teaching
Chinese: 教授、教育；读 jiào 时也指宗教。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jiao” becomes a different word in each tone. 教 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 教学楼jiào xué lóuschool building; academic building
- 教育jiào yùto educate; to teach; education
- 教师jiào shīteacher
- 教学jiāo xuéto teach (as a professor)
- 教室jiào shìclassroom
Example Sentence
王老师教我们数学。Wáng lǎo shī jiāo wǒ men shù xué.Teacher Wang teaches us math.
王Wángking or monarch老师lǎo shīteacher教jiāoto teach我们wǒ menwe数学shù xuémathematics。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
孝 (here a child being guided) plus 攵 (a hand with a rod): to instruct — ‘to teach’ (jiāo: 教书); ‘teaching, doctrine, religion; to cause/let’ (jiào: 教育, 宗教).
A way to remember it
jiāo = to teach (教书); jiào = education / religion (宗教).