教职 (jiào zhí) — teaching position, teaching staff, faculty (as…

Definition

noun

teaching positionteaching stafffaculty (as a collective term)

教职。
Tā zài zhè suǒ dà xué dān rèn jiào zhí yǐ jīng yǒu shí nián le.
He has held a teaching position at this university for ten years already.
教职。
Xué xiào de jiào zhí rén yuán zhèng zài cān jiā péi xùn.
The faculty members of the school are attending training.
教职，。
Zhè fèn gōng zuò suī rán bú shì zuì hǎo de jiào zhí, dàn tā hěn xǐ huan.
Although this job isn't the best teaching position, he likes it a lot.

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.

职zhíposition

教 means teaching, and 职 means position, so it denotes a teaching position.

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.

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 職; 职 is its simplified writing.

耳戠職

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

戠

戠zhí職zhí

Same sound today

The traditional form 職 pairs 耳 (ear) with 戠, which gives its sound; the simplified 职 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.