教育家 (jiào yù jiā) — educator, educationist

Definition

noun

educatoreducationist

Measure word · 位

教育家。
Zhè wèi jiào yù jiā wèi zhōng guó de jiào yù gǎi gé zuò chū le hěn dà gòng xiàn.
This educator made great contributions to China's education reform.
教育家。
Xǔ duō jiào yù jiā rèn wéi yīng gāi zhòng shì xué shēng de chuàng zào lì.
Many educators believe that students' creativity should be valued.
教育家，。
Tā shì yí wèi zhù míng de jiào yù jiā, xiě guò hěn duō guān yú jiào yù de shū.
He is a famous educator who has written many books about education.

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

'教育' means teaching and nurturing, and '家' means expert, together naming an educator.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢑓

𢑓𢑓家jiā

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

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.