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Kanji Detail for 教 - "to teach, teaching, religious teaching"

教

  • Meaning

    教 means "to teach, teaching, religious teaching."

    1. To teach - To guide; to instruct.

    2. Teaching - Lessons; precepts.

    3. Religious teaching - The teachings of gods or Buddha.

    4. To cause - In the pattern "to cause A to do B."

  • Words using 教

    • 教授 きょうじゅ Listen professor; teaching; instruction
    • 教育 きょういく Listen education; schooling; training
    • 宗教 しゅうきょう Listen religion; religious affiliation; belief
    • 教師 きょうし Listen teacher; instructor
    • 教室 きょうしつ Listen classroom; lecture room; department (in a university)
    • 教徒 きょうと Listen believer; adherent
    • 教諭 きょうゆ Listen (licensed) teacher
    • 助教授 じょきょうじゅ Listen assistant professor; associate professor

  • Four-character idioms with 教

    • 反面教師 はんめんきょうし Listen bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
    • 政教一致 せいきょういっち Listen unity of church and state
    • 政教分離 せいきょうぶんり Listen separation of church and state
    • 教唆扇動 きょうさせんどう Listen instigation and abetment
    • 教外別伝 きょうげべつでん Listen Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind
    • 淫祠邪教 いんしじゃきょう Listen evil heresies

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    • Verified meaning: to teach, teaching, religious teaching
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, おしえ, きょう, きょうじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 教

    Given names 教(おさむ)Listen 教(おしえ)Listen 教(きょう)Listen 教(さとし)Listen 教(さとる)Listen 教(たか)Listen 教(ゆき)Listen

    Surnames 教(きょうじ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    teach; faith; doctrine

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    teach, class

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Jiao

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    school, education

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    oshi.eru(おし-える) おし-える

    oso.waru(おそ-わる) おそ-わる

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    to teach religion education instruction doctrine faith lesson guidance enlighten impart inform instruct knowledge lecture mentor moral preach professor school teacher training tutor wisdom

Sentences including 教

  • Tell me what you did in hawaii.

  • Please tell me where the police station is.

  • Come over tonight. i will show you how.

  • He taught me how to swim.

  • How long have you been teaching english?

  • Tell me which one to choose.

  • Nobody taught me.

  • Please give me your permanent address.

  • He is not a teacher but a doctor.

  • What's your name and flight number?

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