教育课 (jiào yù kè) — education course; lesson in education

Definition

A course (课) focused on education or teaching methodology, usually taken as part of a teacher-training program. Compare with 专业课 (specialty/major course) and 选修课 (elective).

noun
education courselesson in education
Measure word · 门

Examples

  • 教育课。
    Zhè xué qī wǒ xuǎn xiū le yì mén jiào yù kè.
    This semester I chose an education course.
  • 教育课。
    jiào yù kè De lǎo shī shì yí wèi fēi cháng yǒu jīng yàn de jiào shòu.
    The teacher of the education course is a very experienced professor.
  • 。
    Wǒ zài jiào yù kè shàng xué dào le hěn duō guān yú jiào xué fǎ de zhī shi.
    I learned a lot about teaching methodology in the education course.

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
课kèclass

教育课 joins 教育 meaning education with 课 meaning class to mean a class about 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.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 課; 课 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánto say
Sound part声符shēngfú
果
果guǒ課kè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 課 pairs 言 (to say) with 果 as a sound part; the simplified 课 is a shorthand and its right side is not a sound part.

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