surname Jiao
to teach
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell

= + : Joan of Arc joined an apocalyptic religious sect that taught her to dig her own grave. Wearing a mourning veil, she breaks the floor of the aorta's bathroom open using a sledgehammer.

教 character breakdown

filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a mourning veil. Marie Curie (xi) was breeding an egg (子) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), and she even put a crown (⺹) on it (the crown is on top of the egg: 孝), so much she loved her little prince. Unfortunately the egg died, and thus Marie Curie put on her mourning veil (孝).
variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).

Characters with 教 as component

Jiao river

Words with 教

the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
monotheistic religion / monotheism
work or plans left as a legacy / the views of the departed / posthumous orders or teachings
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
to be so kind as to enlighten me
the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism)
the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manicheanism and Zoroastrianism)
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)

Sentences with 教

zěn
me
néng
jia̅o
nǐ
men
hǎo
hǎo
ca̅o
liàn
ne