教育局 (jiào yù jú) — Bureau of Education

Definition

noun
Bureau of Education

Examples

  • 教育局。
    jiào yù jú Fā bù le xīn de jiào yù zhèng cè.
    The Bureau of Education released new education policies.
  • 。
    Tā qù nián zài jiào yù jú gōng zuò.
    He worked at the Bureau of Education last year.
  • 教育局。
    Shì mín kě yǐ xiàng jiào yù jú zī xún rù xué wèn tí.
    Citizens can consult the Bureau of Education about enrollment issues.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

教育education
教jiàoteach育yùnurture
联合Side by side
局júbureau

教育 names the field and 局 is an office or bureau, together meaning the education bureau.

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.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
句
句jù局jú
Same sound today

The shape of 局 pairs 尸, a meaning part, with 句, a sound part.

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