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教 おし.える、おそ.わる teach, faith, doctrine 4 166 11 66 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん 会意 Compound Ideographic In early Japan, filial piety was the cornerstone of education, and harsh taskmasters were employed to teach it.

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キョウ のり, ひさ 教育(きょういく): training; education教授(きょうじゅ): (1) professor (2) teaching; instruction教師(きょうし): teacher (classroom)宗教(しゅうきょう): religion教室(きょうしつ): classroom教科書(きょうかしょ): textbook; text book助教授(じょきょうじゅ): assistant professor; associate professor教会(きょうかい): church教員(きょういん): teaching staff教訓(きょうくん): lesson; precept; moral instruction教養(きょうよう): cultivation; refinement; culture; education教え(おしえ): teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine教材(きょうざい): teaching materials教科(きょうか): subject; curriculum教習(きょうしゅう): training; instruction教える(おしえる): to teach; to inform; to instruct教わる(おそわる): to be taught教職(きょうしょく): (1) the teaching profession (2) (in Christianity) education of laity宣教(せんきょう): religious mission; religious proclamation 2 孝: filial piety; child's respect攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 攴 4 (none) teach You could say that the taskmistress is teaching you filial piety when she whips you and asks, "Who´s your daddy?!".

Kanji	教
Onyomi	キョウ
Kunyomi	おし.える、おそ.わる
Nanori	のり, ひさ
English	teach, faith, doctrine
Examples	教育(きょういく): training; education 教授(きょうじゅ): (1) professor (2) teaching; instruction 教師(きょうし): teacher (classroom) 宗教(しゅうきょう): religion 教室(きょうしつ): classroom 教科書(きょうかしょ): textbook; text book 助教授(じょきょうじゅ): assistant professor; associate professor 教会(きょうかい): church 教員(きょういん): teaching staff 教訓(きょうくん): lesson; precept; moral instruction 教養(きょうよう): cultivation; refinement; culture; education 教え(おしえ): teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine 教材(きょうざい): teaching materials 教科(きょうか): subject; curriculum 教習(きょうしゅう): training; instruction 教える(おしえる): to teach; to inform; to instruct 教わる(おそわる): to be taught 教職(きょうしょく): (1) the teaching profession (2) (in Christianity) education of laity 宣教(せんきょう): religious mission; religious proclamation
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	166
Components	孝: filial piety; child's respect 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	攴
Radical Number	66
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	teach
Koohii Story 1	In early Japan, filial piety was the cornerstone of education, and harsh taskmasters were employed to teach it.
Koohii Story 2	You could say that the taskmistress is teaching you filial piety when she whips you and asks, "Who´s your daddy?!".

Teaching Education Instruction Filial Doctrine Training Professor Lesson