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教 — teach, instruct, education

おしえる教 teach

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes school religion

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.

Meanings

teach
instruct
education

word

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

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

こ子 child #39

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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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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