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敎

가르칠

교

부수: 攵
획수: 11획

敎 has the meanings to teach, doctrine and religion.

敎 = 𡥉 + 攵

X = semantic/phonetic + semantic

• 敎 depicts a child 子 being taught arithmetic 爻 under the threat of a beating 攵.
• 𡥉 is comprised of 爻 (two fives) and 子 (child) and represents ‘a child being taught numbers’.
• 攵 originally depicted a hand holding a whip and represents the meaning ‘to strike’. 攵 is a simplification of 攴.

Evolution:
敎 = to teach ➔ teachings ➔ doctrine ➔ religion

𡥉 = 爻 + 子

• 爻 depicts crisscrossed lines and is the original form of ‘five’ 五. In Chinese and Japanese, this has been replaced by 耂.
• 子 depicts a child and represents the meaning ‘student’.

Mnemonic

Imagine a student 子 being tested on multiplication tables 爻. The teacher will give them a beating if 攵 they get an answer wrong.

Vocab

to teach
敎育	교육	education; training
敎室	교실	classroom
敎授	교수	professor; teaching
敎師	교사	instructor; teacher
敎材	교재	teaching materials
敎職	교직	teaching profession
胎敎	태교	prenatal care/education
敎訓	교훈	lesson from experience
敎養	교양	culturally refined
敎科書	교과서	textbook; coursebook
敎育學	교육학	pedagogy
doctrine
敎條主義	교조주의	dogmatism
religion
宗敎	종교	religion
敎會	교회	church
說敎	설교	sermon
敎皇	교황	Pope
宣敎	선교	missionary work
敎徒	교도	believer
佛敎	불교	Buddhism
道敎	도교	Taoism
儒敎	유교	Confucianism
基督敎	기독교	Christianity
天道敎	천도교	Cheondoism
이슬람敎	이슬람교	Islam

Additional notes

敎 is no longer the standard form in Chinese and Japanese where it has been replaced by 教.

敎 (Former|U+654E)
教 (Standard|U+6559)

This character must not be confused with 校 (교|학교), as in 校時 (교시|class period).

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