Chinese
教育
/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
education; instruction; schooling
- HSK 2
- TOCFL 4
- 敎育
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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”
- soundChinese爻 “a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines; a hexagram of the I Ching”
- characterChinese育 “to give birth to”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Written form — n/a
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0