教育学 (jiào yù xué) — education (as an academic discipline); pedagogy

Definition

noun

education (as an academic discipline)pedagogy

教育学。
Tā dà xué xué de shì jiào yù xué.
She studied education in college.
教育学。
jiào yù xué Shì yì mén zhòng yào de shè huì kē xué.
Education is an important social science.
教育学。
Tā duì jiào yù xué de yán jiū fēi cháng shēn rù.
His research on education is very deep.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

教育education

联合Side by side

学xuéfield of study

教育 names the subject matter and 学 indicates a field of study, together forming the academic discipline of education.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

子子zǐchild

攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority

Sound part声符shēngfú

爻

爻yáo教jiào

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.