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Kanji for Teaching
The kanji for “teaching” is 教, read kyou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
教
teaching
To teach and to pass on knowledge.
11 strokes On reading キョウ (kyou) Kun reading おしえる、おそわる (oshieru, osowaru) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kyou, nori
In Japan it appears in about 298 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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