教

Stroke order

教 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十木人大 (JDOK), four-corner 4844₀, composition ⿰孝攵)

• 嘋, 漖, 𪳞, 䃝, 𨬊, 𪖄, 𥲯, 𢠛

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 472, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13213
• Dae Jaweon: page 823, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1459, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6559

Historical forms of the character 教
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːw, *kraːws) : phonetic 爻 (OC *ɢraːw, “divination”) + semantic 子 (“child”) + semantic 攵 (“teaching cane; stick that represents authority”) – teaching a child either counting with bamboo slips or divination with yarrow stalks. See also 學 and 算.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

教

1. to teach; to instruct

   我來教你。／我来教你。  ―  Wǒ lái jiāo nǐ.  ―  Let me teach you.

• 授 (shòu)

教

1. to cause; to make

   Synonym: 叫 (jiào)

   教人哭笑不得  ―  jiào rén kūxiàobùdé  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 啊！微風吹動了我的頭髮，教我如何不想她？ [MSC, trad.]
     啊！微风吹动了我的头发，教我如何不想她？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1920, Liu Bannong, 教我如何不想她

     A! Wēifēng chuī dòng le wǒ de tóufà, jiào wǒ rúhé bù xiǎng tā?

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

教

1. to provide guidance; to instruct
2. (obsolete or Southern Min) to tell (someone to do something); to let; to instruct
3. etiquette; rules; customs
4. religion; faith; religious teachings

   你信什麼教？／你信什么教？  ―  Nǐ xìn shénme jiào?  ―  What is your religion?

5. a surname

• “教”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #7342”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to teach; teachings, doctrine

• Go-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: おしえ (oshie, 教え)^{←をしへ (wosife, 教へ, historical)}、おしえる (oshieru, 教える, Jōyō)^{←をしへる (wosiferu, 教へる, historical)}、おそわる (osowaru, 教わる, Jōyō)^{←をそはる (wosofaru, 教はる, historical)}
• Nanori: さとし (satoshi)、のり (nori)、ひさ (hisa)

/keu/ → /kjoː/

From Middle Chinese 教 (MC kaew|kaewH, “to teach, to instruct”).

• IPA^(key):

教(きょう) • (kyō) ^{←けう (keu)?}

1. teaching
2. doctrine

Only used in kanji compounds. Never used in isolation with this reading.

教(きょう) • (-kyō) ^{←けう (-keu)?}

1. -ism (religion)

From either the classical 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”) satoshi of modern adjective 聡い (satoi, “clever, sharp-witted”), or the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) satoshi of cognate verb 諭す (satosu, “to admonish, persuade, remonstrate → to redirect into a smarter direction”).

• IPA^(key):

教(さとし) • (Satoshi) 

1. a male given name

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

教 (eumhun 가르칠 교 (gareuchil gyo))

1. Alternative form of 敎 (“hanja form^? of 교 (“to teach; class”)”)

教: Hán Việt readings: giao, giáo
教: Nôm readings: dáo, giáo, ráu, tráo

1. chữ Hán form of giáo (“of teaching or educating; religion”).