教 — teach, instruct, education

おしえる教 teach

おしえる

U+6559 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #166 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1254 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

teach
instruct
education

Readings

On'yomi: きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: おし oshi おそ oso

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おし oshi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

教(おし) える oshieru to teach 教(おし) え oshie teaching

きょう kyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

教(きょう) 会(かい) kyoukai church キリスト教(きょう) kirisutokyou Christianity 教(きょう) kyou teaching 教(きょう) 室(しつ) kyoushitsu classroom 教(きょう) 科(か) 書(しょ) kyoukasho textbook 教(きょう) 科(か) kyouka school subject イスラム教(きょう) isuramukyou Islam カトリック教(きょう) katorikkukyou Catholicism

おそ oso Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

教(おそ) わる osowaru to be taught

Words by frequency and grade

54 words

Each dot is a word containing 教: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 20 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

反面教師四字熟語

anti mask, teach expert

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

こう孝 filial piety

攵 strike

Compound ideograph (会意). Left side: 耂 (old) over 子 (child) = 孝 (filial piety). Right side: 攵 (strike/hand with stick). To instruct a child — teach.

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