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教

Teach
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingキョウ
Kun readingおし.える、おそ.わる
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 7

Verbs with «教»

教える教わる教育する教えする

Meanings

  1. teachRtK
    彼は物理の先生ですが数学も教えられます。He's a teacher of physics, but can also teach math.tatoeba
    現在は突棒術を教える流派は少ない。At present there are only a few schools that teach an art of using Tsukubo as a weapon.wiki
  2. doctrine
  3. faith
  1. to teach
  2. to instruct
  3. to tell
  4. to inform
  5. to show

Popular Usage

教室教える教育教会教師教授宗教教科書教養教わる助教授教え

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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filial piety · old man · child (子) · taskmaster

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1343

Compound words

教室きょうしつ
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons
教えるおしえる
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to show
教育きょういく
education; schooling; training; instruction; teaching
教会きょうかい
church; congregation
教師きょうし
teacher; instructor
教授きょうじゅ
professor; teaching; instruction
宗教しゅうきょう
religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed
教科書きょうかしょ
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
教養きょうよう
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
教わるおそわる
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
助教授じょきょうじゅ
assistant professor; associate professor
教えおしえ
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson
教員きょういん
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
教科きょうか
subject; curriculum
教訓きょうくん
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
教材きょうざい
teaching materials
教習きょうしゅう
training; instruction
教官きょうかん
teacher; instructor; professor
教唆きょうさ
instigation; incitement
教示きょうじ
instruction; teaching; guidance; informing
教書きょうしょ
message (delivered by the US president or a state governor); address; (papal) bull; decree; textbook
教祖きょうそ
founder of a religious sect
教団きょうだん
religious organization; religious organisation
教壇きょうだん
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais

Additional Examples

彼は法律家になる教育を受けた。
He was trained as a lawyer.tatoeba
彼は兵庫大学の経済学の教授です。
He is a professor of economics at Hyogo University.tatoeba
彼は物事をあるがままに受け入れなさいと教わってきた。
He's been taught to accept things as they are.tatoeba
画の名人で芭蕉に画を教える。
He was good at drawing, so he taught Basho how to draw pictures.wiki
希学園四条烏丸教室
Nozomi Gakuen Shijo Karasuma Locationwiki
商学部事務室、教室
Office of the Faculty of Commerce, classroomswiki
国立女性教育会館
National Women's Education Centerwiki
現代教育基礎学系
Division of Modern Education Basicswiki
天理教河原町教会
Tenrikyo Kawaramachi Daikyokai (grand church)wiki
聖ザベリオ宣教会
Xaverian Missionarieswiki
教科書、辞書・辞典
Textbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopediaswiki
- 歴史教科書問題
History textbook issueswiki
オペラ座のバレエ教師。
A ballet instructor for the Opera.wiki
さらに布教師に補された者。
Those further appointed as evangelistswiki
忍術を教授する団体
Organizations that teach Ninjutsuwiki
後、一橋大学教授。
Later he became a professor of Hitotsubashi University.wiki
紀伝生　紀伝道を教わる
Kidensho: Students of Kidendowiki
書学生　新設　書道を教わる
Shogakusho: Newly introduced; students of calligraphywiki
9条・僧侶教養の軌則
Article 9: The principles of priests' educationwiki
粗暴で教養に欠ける。
He is rough and uncultured.wiki
工業教員養成所廃止
The College of Technology was closed.wiki
戦後法政大学教員。
After the war he became a teacher at Hosei University.wiki
教訓鈔及続教訓鈔　9巻
Kyokunsho (Selections of Teaching) and Zoku-Kyokunsho (Selections of Teachings, Continued): 9 volumes.wiki
談義本とは、滑稽さと教訓を合わせ持っていた、滑稽本のはしり。
Dangibon is the early Kokkieibon that had both humor and teachings.wiki
講師・教材は中国政府が提供する。
The Chinese government provides instructors and textbooks.wiki
教える教師も教材もなかったからである。
It was because there were neither teachers who teach it nor teaching materialswiki
宝池自動車教習所
Takaragaike Driving Schoolwiki
その職掌は舞踊・音楽の教習である。
Its official duty was training of dance and music.wiki
治会長老と同様に信徒職であり、教職位ではない。
This is a post that is assumed by ordinary believers, not by the clergy.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Teach. 孝 (a dutiful child) + 攵 (a rod) — a teacher guiding a child.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 教

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step