教 U+6559, 教 ← 敘[U+6558] CJK Unified Ideographs 敚 →[U+655A] Stroke order
教 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 十木人大 (JDOK), four-corner 48440, composition ⿰孝攵)
- 嘋, 漖, 䃝
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 472, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13213
- Dae Jaweon: page 823, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1459, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6559
trad. 教/敎 simp. 教 alternative forms
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kraːw, *kraːws): phonetic 爻 (OC *ɢraːw) + semantic 子 (“child”) + semantic 攵 (“teaching cane; stick that represents authority”) – teaching a child. See also 學 and 算.
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教
- to teach; to instruct 我來教你。／我来教你。 ― Wǒ lái jiāo nǐ. ― Let me teach you.
- 授 (shòu)
教
- to cause; to make Synonym: 叫 (jiào) 教人哭笑不得 ― jiào rén kūxiàobùdé ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 啊！微風吹動了我的頭髮，教我如何不想她？ [MSC, trad.]啊！微风吹动了我的头发，教我如何不想她？ [MSC, simp.]From: 1920, Liu Bannong, 教我如何不想她A! Wēifēng chuī dòng le wǒ de tóufà, jiào wǒ rúhé bù xiǎng tā? [Pinyin](please add an English translation of this usage example)
教
- to provide guidance; to instruct
- (obsolete or Southern Min) to tell (someone to do something); to let; to instruct
- etiquette; rules; customs
- religion; faith; religious teachings 你信什麼教？／你信什么教？ ― Nǐ xìn shénme jiào? ― What is your religion?
- a surname
- “教”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
- “教”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “教”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 107.
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- to teach; teachings, doctrine
- Go-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)←けう (keu, historical)
- Kan-on: こう (kō)←かう (kau, historical)
- Kun: おしえ (oshie, 教え)←をしへ (wosife, 教へ, historical)、おしえる (oshieru, 教える, Jōyō)←をしへる (wosiferu, 教へる, historical)、おそわる (osowaru, 教わる, Jōyō)←をそはる (wosofaru, 教はる, historical)
- Nanori: さとし (satoshi)、のり (nori)、ひさ (hisa)
Kanji in this term 教 きょうGrade: 2 on’yomi
/keu/ → /kjoː/
From Middle Chinese 教 (MC kaew|kaewH, “to teach, to instruct”).
- IPA(key): [kʲo̞ː]
教(きょう) • (kyō) ←けう (keu)?
- teaching
- doctrine
Only used in kanji compounds. Never used in isolation with this reading.
教(きょう) • (-kyō) ←けう (-keu)?
- -ism (religion)
Kanji in this term 教 さとしGrade: 2 kun’yomi
From either the classical 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”) satoshi of modern adjective 聡い (satoi, “clever, sharp-witted”), or the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) satoshi of cognate verb 諭す (satosu, “to admonish, persuade, remonstrate → to redirect into a smarter direction”).
- IPA(key): [sa̠to̞ɕi]
教(さとし) • (Satoshi)
- a male given name
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
教 (eumhun 가르칠 교 (gareuchil gyo))
- alternative form of 敎 (“hanja form? of 교 (“to teach; class”)”)
教: Hán Việt readings: giao, giáo 教: Nôm readings: dáo, giáo, ráu, tráo
- chữ Hán form of giáo (“of teaching or educating; religion”)
