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.

Xi Shi (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

to give advice or comments
preschool education / abbr. for 幼兒教育|幼儿教育[you4 er2 jiao4 yu4]
exam-oriented education / teaching to the test
adult education, abbr. for 成人教育[cheng2 ren2 jiao4 yu4]
sun worship / Zoroastrianism / see also 祆教[Xian1 jiao4]
cooperative education (Tw)

Sentences with 教

zěn
me
néng
jia̅o
nǐ
men
hǎo
hǎo
ca̅o
liàn
ne