Chinese

教室

jiàoshì
classroom (Classifier: 間／间)
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 2
  • 敎室

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  • characterChinese教 “to teach; to instruct”
    • soundChinese爻 “a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines; a hexagram of the I Ching”
      • componentChinese乂 “original form of 刈 (yì, “to weed; to mow”)”
    • meaningChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
    • meaningChinese攴 “to hit lightly; to tap”
  • characterChinese室 “room (in a building or house); chamber”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese至 “to reach; to arrive”

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