jiào, jiāo

to teach; to instruct; religion

Radical: 攵 HSK 1 v, g pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

教 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 教

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 教.

三教
sān jiào
主教
zhǔ jiào
从教
cóng jiào
任教
rèn jiào
传教
chuán jiào
佛教
fó jiào
信教
xìn jiào
儒教
rú jiào
入教
rù jiào
劝教
quàn jiào
助教
zhù jiào
劳教
láo jiào

Related characters (radical 攵)

Characters that share the radical .

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