Memory phrase for the Kanji: 教

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KYŌ
oshieru

Left: filial duty 孝 (An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子.), right: strike 攵 (hand

with a stick ノ)

The old man strikes the child with a stick in the hand when teaching.

孝	filial duty
攵	Stick in a hand	The radical nobun* shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)*
耂	old man	With the radical oigashira, an old man seems to be support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?
子	child	The radical ko shows the image of a child with a large head and outstretched arms.

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教える	おしえる	to teach, to inform, to instruct
教わる	おそわる	to be taught
教室	きょうしつ	classroom
教師	きょうし	teacher (classroom)
儒教	じゅきょう	Confucianism
仏教	ぶっきょう	Buddhism
教科書	きょうかしょ	text book
宗教	しゅうきょう	religion
助教授	じょきょうじゅ	assistant professor

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