敎
jiàojiāo

teach

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Variant form of 教. Depicts teaching a child (子) mathematics or divination (爻) using a rod (攵).

Components

爻
爻 SoundIconic component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

diagrams for divination

子
子 Iconic component
zi, zǐ child
攵
攵 Iconic component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkraːw
kraːws

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang