| Chinese Text Project |
| 教 U+6559 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 敎 Alternate form Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 攴+ 7 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.152#21 p.415#17 Kangxi: p.472#05 GSR: 1167.i Hanyu: v2,p1459#09 |
| Composition: | Left: 孝, right: 攵. Component of: 𢠛 嘋 漖 𪳞 䃝 𥲯 𨬊 𪖄 |
| Mandarin: | jiào jiāo ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄠ |
| Cantonese: | gaau1 gaau3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *gau gàu |
| Shuowen: | 《教部》教：上所施下所效也。从攴从孝。凡教之屬皆从教。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·肴·交》教：效也。又古孝切。 |
| Fanqie: | 古肴 (《廣韻·下平聲·肴·交》) 古孝 (《廣韻·下平聲·肴·交》) |
| Unihan definition: | teach, class |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 子曰：「臨之以莊則敬，孝慈則忠，舉善而教不能，則勸。」 |
| The Master said, "Let him preside over them with gravity; then they will reverence him. Let him be final and kind to all; then they will be faithful to him. Let him advance the good and teach the incompetent; then they will eagerly seek to be virtuous." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「君子之所以教者五：有如時雨化之者，有成德者，有達財者，有答問者，有私淑艾者。」 |
| Mencius said, 'There are five ways in which the superior man effects his teaching. There are some on whom his influence descends like seasonable rain. There are some whose virtue he perfects, and some of whose talents he assists the development. There are some whose inquiries he answers. There are some who privately cultivate and correct themselves.' | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 民是以親失，而教是以煩。 |
| The people in consequence will not feel attached to him, and the lessons which he gives them will be troublesome (and ineffective). | |
| 《孝經·喪親》: | 三日而食，教民無以死傷生。 |
| After three days he may partake of food, for thus the people are taught that the living should not be injured on account of the dead. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 教人，又其次也。 |
| Instructing others is next. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 其言雖教，讁之實也。 |
| Although the words in which I convey my lessons may really be condemnatory (of the ruler). | |
| 《道德經》: | 是以聖人處無為之事，行不言之教。 |
| Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 今吾欲變法以治，更禮以教百姓，恐天下之議我也。 |
| I intend, now, to alter the laws, so as to obtain orderly government, and to reform the rites, so as to teach the people; but I am afraid the empire will criticize me. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 天子諸侯子十九而冠，冠而聽治，其教至也。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 先恕而後教，是堯道也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·精華》: | 故折獄而是也，理益明，教益行。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 若夫希世而行，比周而友，學以為人，教以為己，仁義之匿，車馬之飾，衣裘之麗，憲不忍為之也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 雖有國焉，不教不服，不可以取千里。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 故《孝經》曰：「君子之教以孝也，下言敬天下之為人父者也。」 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 曰：「昔者先王與帝脩道而道脩，寡人之望也，亦願以教。」 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 漢王既用滕公、蕭何之言，擢拜韓信為上將軍，引信上坐，王問曰：「丞相數言將軍，將軍何以教寡人計策？」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 學者、心之白日也，故先王立教官，掌教國子，教以六德，曰智、仁、聖、義、中、和，教以六行，曰孝、友、睦、婣、任、恤。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 齊侯歸，責其群臣曰：「魯以君子道輔其君，而子獨以夷翟道教寡人，使得罪。」 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 而況君子敦貞之質，察敏之才，攝之以良朋，教之以明師，文之以《禮》、《樂》，導之以《詩》、《書》，讚之以《周易》，明之以《春秋》，其有濟乎？ |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 性命在本，故《禮》有胎教之法：子在身時，席不正不坐。 |
| 《風俗通義·三皇》: | 始作耒耜，教民耕種，美其衣食，德濃厚若神，故為神農也。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 惎，教也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 故凡政之大經，法教而已。 |
| 《忠經·守宰章》: | 官不明則事多欺，事不平則怨難弭，身不清則何以教民？ |
| 《素書·安禮章》: | 釋己而教人者逆，正己而化人者順。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 至於神農，以為行蟲走獸，難以養民，乃求可食之物，嘗百草之實，察酸苦之味，教民食五穀。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 先農神，先農者蓋神農之神，神農作耒耜，教民耕農，至少昊之世，置九農之官如左。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 先農神、先農者蓋神農之神，神農作耒耜，教民耕農，至少昊之世，置九農之官如左。 |
| 《墨子·經說下》: | 和而不唱，是不教也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 先生將何以教？ |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 以為奉教陳忠之臣，未足恃也。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 聖人在上，懷道而不言，澤及萬民，故不言之教，芒乎大哉！ |
| 《文始真經·七釜》: | 關尹子曰：「人之少也，當佩乎父兄之教。」 |
| 《列仙傳·赤松子》: | 服水玉以教神農，能入火自燒。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 故其道首首然，萬世為福、萬世為教者，唯從黃帝以下、舜禹以上而已矣。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 道可道，謂經術政教之道也。 |
| 《韓非子·存韓》: | 韓居中國，地不能滿千里，而所以得與諸侯班位於天下、君臣相保者，以世世相教事秦之力也。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 教雖成，官不足。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 犧牲以魚，發號出令曰：「生而勿殺，賞而勿罰，罪獄勿斷，以待期年，教民樵室鑽鐩，墐灶泄井，所以壽民也。」 |
| 《公孫龍子·跡府》: | 今使龍去之，則無以教焉。 |
| 《孫子兵法·行軍》: | 令素行以教其民，則民服。 |
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