The kanji 教: meaning, readings and stroke order

教

Meaning: teach
On reading: キョウ kyou
Kun reading: おし（える） oshieru、おそ（わる） osowaru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 攴 rap
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dạy (giáo)
Japanese: おしえる。
Korean: 가르치다 (교)
Chinese: 教

Readings, words and example sentences

キョウ kyou · on reading

教きょう室しつ
classroom
教きょう室しつに二十人います。
There are twenty people in the classroom.

おし（える） oshieru · kun reading

教おしえる
to teach
弟に字を 教おしえます。
I teach my little brother how to write letters.

おそ（わる） osowaru · kun reading

教おそわる
to be taught, to learn
母に歌を 教おそわりました。
My mom taught me a song.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.