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教

See also: 敎
教 U+6559, 教
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6559
← 敘
[U+6558] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 敚 →
[U+655A]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

ChineseEdit

trad. 教/敎
simp. 教
variant forms 斅／𢽾
𧧿
𤕝

Glyph originEdit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraːw, *kraːws): phonetic 爻 (OC *ɢraːw, “divination”) + semantic 子 (“child”) + semantic 攵 (“teaching cane”) – teaching a child counting or divination.

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note: gaau1 - rare.
Note:
  • kà - vernacular;
  • kàu - literary.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 教
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 肴 (90)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 古肴切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kˠau/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kᵚau/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kau/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kaɨw/
    Li
    Rong         		/kau/
    Wang
    Li         		/kau/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kau/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiāo
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 教
    Reading # 1/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jiāo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kæw ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*s.[k]ˁraw/
    English teach

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 教
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 14642
    Phonetic
    component         		爻
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		交
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kraːw/
    Notes 甲文即象執杖敎子，
    再加爻聲

    DefinitionsEdit

    教

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

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 教

    Pronunciation 2Edit

    Note:
    • kà - vernacular (“to tell someone to do something”);
    • kàu - literary.
    Note:
    • ga3 - vernacular;
    • gao3 - literary.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 教
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 肴 (90)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 古孝切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kˠauH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kᵚauH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kauH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kaɨwH/
    Li
    Rong         		/kauH/
    Wang
    Li         		/kauH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kauH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiào
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 教
    Reading # 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jiào
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kæwH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*s.kˁraw-s/
    English teaching; instruction

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 教
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 14643
    Phonetic
    component         		爻
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		敎
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kraːws/

    DefinitionsEdit

    教

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

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 教

    Further readingEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    教

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. to teach; teachings

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    Etymology 1Edit

    Kanji in this term
    教
    きょう
    Grade: 2
    on’yomi

    /keu/ → /kjoː/

    From Middle Chinese 教 (MC kˠau, kˠauH, “to teach, to instruct”).

    PronunciationEdit

    AffixEdit

    教 (hiragana きょう, rōmaji kyō, historical hiragana けう)

    1. teaching
    Usage notesEdit

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

    SuffixEdit

    教 (hiragana きょう, rōmaji -kyō, historical hiragana けう)

    1. -ism (religion)
    Derived termsEdit
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2Edit

    Kanji in this term
    教
    さとし
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi

    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”).

    PronunciationEdit

    Proper nounEdit

    教 (hiragana さとし, rōmaji Satoshi)

    1. A male given name

    ReferencesEdit

    • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    教 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

    1. teach
    2. class

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    教 (giáo)

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