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教 — to teach; to instruct

Pinyin
jiāo · jiào · Jiào
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — jiāo, jiào, Jiào — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 教: 11 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

教 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 教 in the HSK syllabus: 18

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 教jiāoto teach; to instructHSK 2
  2. 教室jiàoshìclassroomHSK 2
  3. 教练jiàoliànto coach; to trainHSK 4
  4. 教师jiàoshīteacherHSK 4
  5. 教授jiàoshòuprofessorHSK 4
  6. 教学jiàoxuéteaching; instructionHSK 4
  7. 教育jiàoyùto educate; to teach; educationHSK 4
  8. 教材jiàocáiteaching materialHSK 5
  9. 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for guidance; to consultHSK 5
  10. 教训jiàoxùnto provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraidHSK 6
  11. 赐教cìjiàoto impart one's wisdom; to enlightenHSK 7–9
  12. 管教guǎnjiàoto discipline; to teach; to guaranteeHSK 7–9
  13. 家教jiājiàofamily education; upbringing; to bring sb upHSK 7–9
  14. 教科书jiàokēshūtextbookHSK 7–9
  15. 教条jiàotiáodoctrine; dogma; creed; dogmaticHSK 7–9
  16. 教养jiàoyǎngto educate; to bring up; to nurtureHSK 7–9
  17. 指教zhǐjiàoto offer advice, guidance, or feedbackHSK 7–9
  18. 宗教zōngjiàoreligionHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.