教育
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
教育 (jiàoyù) · education
教育 (jiàoyù) means “education; to educate”. It is written with 2 characters: 教 (to teach) + 育 (to produce). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 教育 is built
The characters
教 jiāo · to teach
What 教 is made of
- 孝xiào — filial piety
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 耂lǎo — old
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 孝 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
育 yù · to produce
What 育 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- ⺼ — meat
Origin hint: A pregnant woman with a baby ⺼ in her womb (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
教育很重要。Jiàoyù hěn zhòngyào.Education is very important.
他是学教育的。Tā shì xué jiàoyù de.He studied education.
Questions about 教育
What does 教育 mean?
教育 (jiàoyù) means “education; to educate”.
How do you pronounce 教育?
教育 is pronounced jiàoyù.
Which HSK level is 教育?
教育 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 教师jiàoshīteacher
- 教室jiàoshìclassroom
- 教学jiàoxuéteaching
- 教材jiàocáitextbook
- 教练jiàoliàncoach
- 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for advice
- 教授jiàoshòuprofessor
- 教训jiàoxunlesson
- 教养jiàoyǎngupbringing
Learn 教育 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 47: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.