教

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(bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #181 U+6559

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

攵 (semantic, “script”) + 孝 (phonetic, xiào)

components: 孝攵

teach · Heisig RSH #1036

孝 filial piety + taskmaster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 孝

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 孝 (xiào) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
孝 sound component	xiào	filial piety, obedience; mourning
酵	jiào	yeast; to leaven
哮	xiào	to cough; to pant; to roar

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
三自教会	Sān zì Jiào huì	Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
天主教会	Tiān zhǔ Jiào huì	the Catholic Church
中国天主教爱国会	Zhōng guó Tiān zhǔ jiào Ài guó huì	Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
大主教	dà zhǔ jiào	archbishop; primate (of a church); metropolitan
教学法	jiào xué fǎ	teaching method; pedagogy
高教机	gāo jiào jī	advanced trainer aircraft (abbr. for 高級教練機\|高级教练机[gao1 ji2 jiao4 lian4 ji1])
教学相长	jiào xué xiāng zhǎng	when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
天主教	Tiān zhǔ jiào	Catholicism
罗马公教	Luó mǎ Gōng jiào	Roman Catholicism
教子	jiào zǐ	to educate one's children; godson
天理教	Tiān lǐ jiào	Tenrikyo, a Japanese religion
一神教	yī shén jiào	monotheistic religion; monotheism
教区	jiào qū	diocese; parish
国教	guó jiào	state religion
教头	jiào tóu	sporting coach; military drill master (in Song times)
教学	jiāo xué	to teach
教学	jiào xué	teaching; instruction; CL:次[ci4]
生教	shēng jiào	(Tw) student conduct and life-guidance group (a unit within the student affairs office 學務處…
三自爱国教会	Sān zì Ài guó Jiào huì	Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
家教	jiā jiào	family education; upbringing; to bring sb up; private tutor