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教jiàoto teach; to instruct
孝filial piety · xiàoSound part
攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part
攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 孝 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.
育yùto have children
亠lid · tóu
厶private · sī
⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
Memory aidThe top is usually explained as a newborn child upside down, and below is the body ⺼: to give birth, to raise.
How to write 教育
教 11 strokes · 育 8 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 教育 (jiàoyù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
教育 (jiàoyù) means “to educate” or “to teach”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiàoyù: jiào with a 4th tone, then yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 教育 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 教育 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
教育 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
教jiào4th tone, falling
