教 – teach, faith, doctrine

11 strokesTaught in grade 2#166 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 教 means teach, faith, doctrine. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ (kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おし.える、おそ.わる (oshieru, osowaru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	おし.える	oshieru
Kun’yomi	おそ.わる	osowaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 子・老・攵・乞.

Words using 教

教室きょうしつclassroom教えるおしえるto teach教会きょうかいchurch教育きょういくeducation宗教しゅうきょうreligion教授きょうじゅprofessor教えおしえteaching教わるおそわるto be taught教科書きょうかしょtextbook教養きょうよう(understanding or appreciation of) culture助教授じょきょうじゅassistant professor教きょう-ism (religion)教科きょうかsubject教訓きょうくんlesson教材きょうざいteaching materials教習きょうしゅうtraining教職きょうしょくthe teaching profession宣教せんきょうreligious mission

Example sentences

教室は生徒でいっぱいだった。

The classroom was full of pupils.

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ＬＬ教室を使ってもよいですか。

May we use the language lab?

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エアロビクス教室に一日入学したいのですが。

I'd like to try out the aerobics class for a day.

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Kanji with the same radical

政改数放整敗攻故散救敏敬敵敷敢

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