IDENTITY
教jiàoto teach; teaching
HSK 2Top 150
CORE MEANING
to teach; teaching
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to teachHSK2
- 2.educationHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 攵strike radical (pū)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰孝攵
- gives the sound jiào (historical)
- the guiding hand
USAGE
Common words
教育jiàoyùeducation
教室jiàoshìclassroom
教师jiàoshīteacher
Graded examples
教育改变生活。Jiàoyù gǎibiàn shēnghuó.HSK4
Education changes lives.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 孝
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The guiding hand (攵) passing down filial lessons (孝) — teaching.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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