Word and Radical Components of 教室

The Chinese word 教室 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
教室	jiào室	1. n. classroom

教室 ⇨ 教 + 室

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
教	jiāo	1. to teach; to instruct
		我來教jiāo 你。 - Let me teach you.
	jiào	2. to provide guidance; to instruct
		3. (obsolete or Min Nan) to tell (someone to do something); to let; to instruct
		4. etiquette; rules; customs
		5. religion; faith; religious teachings
		你信什麼教？ - What is your religion?
		6. to cause; to make
		Synonyms: 叫
		教人哭笑不得 -
室	室	1. room (in a building or house); chamber
		兩室一廳 - two rooms and one living room
		2. (specifically in addresses) apartment number; flat number
		3. (literary, or in compounds) family; household; clan
		4. (literary, or in compounds) family member; dependent
		5. (specifically, literary, or in compounds) wife
		6. (literary, or in compounds) organ (part of an organism) shaped like a chamber; body cavity; ventricle
		7. (literary, or in compounds) work unit; administrative unit
		8. (literary, or in compounds) court; dynasty
		9. (literary, or in compounds) home; house
		10. (literary, or in compounds) office
		11. (literary, or in compounds) coffin pit; grave
		12. (literary, or in compounds) scabbard; sheath
		13. (astronomy) Encampment (a Chinese constellation near Pegasus)

教 ⇨ 孝 + 攵

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
孝	xiào	1. to do one's filial duty; to show filial piety
		2. filial piety; filial duty
		3. mourning
		4. mourning dress
		5. (Min Nan) to offer up sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)
		6. (Mainland China Hokkien) custom and etiquette to be observed after the death of one's seniors
		7. (Xiamen, , Zhangzhou, &, Taiwanese Hokkien, vulgar, derogatory) to eat
攴	pū	1. rap
		2. to hit lightly; to tap
		3. usage. When used as a component in other characters, 攴 can be referred to as 敲字邊.

室 ⇨ 宀 + 至

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
宀	mián	1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
		2. a kind of flower
		3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
		4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
至	zhì	1. to reach; to arrive
		2. extreme; most
		3. (literary, or in compounds) extreme point; limit
		4. from … to …
		5. from … to … (a time)
		6. 三至五月 - from March to May
		7. from … to … (a place)
		8. (Cantonese) only then
	dié	9. Only used in 單至

孝 ⇨ 耂 + 子

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
老	lǎo	1. old; aged; elderly
		(ant, zh, 幼, 少)
		老樹 - old tree
		老婦人 - old woman
		人老了記憶力就差了。 - One's memory worsens when age increases.
		2. old (as opposed to new); of long standing
		(ant, zh, 新)
		老歌 - old song
		老朋友 - old friend
		3. outdated; old-fashioned
		4. original; former
		老地方 - usual place
		老本行háng - original profession
		5. the elderly; one's elders
		敬老 - to respect the elderly
		6. (Used after the surname of an old person to address a venerable old person)
		王老 - revered old Wang
		7. (figurative) experienced
		(ant, zh, 嫩)
		老手 - an old hand
		老兵 - veteran
		8. (literary) to respect (the elderly, one's elders)
		9. (of cooked food) overcooked; tough; stringy; hard
		牛排太老了，我咬不動它。 - The steak was so tough I couldn't eat it.
		這雞蛋煮老了，你沒掌握好火候。 - This egg is hard; you didn't time it properly.
		10. (of food or potable liquids) stale; not fresh
		11. always; all the time
		你別老這樣！ - Stop being always like this!
		12. (chiefly dialectal) very; quite
		老早 - very early
		他人老好了。 - He is such a nice person! colloquial, somewhat regional
		看到儂真個老開心。 (2khoe tau&3non&1tsen geq&3lau&1khe xin, SH) - I am really happy to see you.
		13. (euphemistic, of an elderly person) to die; to pass away (usually with tr=le)
		14. (affectionate, respectful) (Used before surnames to refer to heads or elder members of families.)
		→ 小 (for younger people)
		老張馬上來了，我得děi 趕緊收拾一下屋子。 - Old Zhang is going to be here any minute. I need to hurry up and straighten the room up a bit.
		15. (usually respectful and affectionate) (Used by analogy in several other relationship terms.)
		老師 - teacher
		老婆 - wifey
		老公 - hubby
		16. (obsolete, originally, honorific) (Prefix for animals or people considered senior, fierce, and often awe-inspiring.)
		老鷹 - eagle
		老虎 - tiger
		老鼠 - mouse, rat; (obsolete) bat
		老狼 - (rare) elder and experienced wolf
		老貓 - (rare) elder (potentially annoying) cat
		老狐狸 - (surviving usage) elder, cunning and experienced fox
		老傢夥 -
		老東西 -
		老雜碎 -
		17. (colloquial) (Used before nouns, especially names of ethnicities, places and countries, to form nouns.)
		老外 - foreigner; (pejorative) layman, one who lacks knowledge of a subject
		老美 - Yank
		老表 - a friend (direct speech, may be intimate or offensive depending on provinces)
		老毛子zi - (pejorative) Russian person
		老蒙古 - (pejorative) Mongols
		老北京 - indigenous Beijing person
		老山東 - indigenous Shandong person
		老西兒r - (affectionate) Shanxi person
		老回回 - Hui person (affectionate in some cases, pejorative in other cases, never neutral, depend on the region, speaker, listener situation and speaking mood)
		18. Short for 老子, Laozi; Lao Tzu
		19. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) Short for 老撾, Laos
子	zǐ	1. (literary) child; offspring
		2. son
		獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
		愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
		一子一女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter
		3. (literary) descendant; posterity
		4. (Christianity) the Son
		5. (in compounds) person
		女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman
		6. (literary) master; teacher
		7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
		孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius)
		老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi
		8. (literary, polite) you
		9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form.
		葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed
		10. egg
		魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar
		11. young; tender; small
		12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
		子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory
		13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
		14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
		15. (physics, biology) -on
		16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
		17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
		18. (Min Nan)
	zi	19. Suffix:
		20. Used to nominalize.
		21. 瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle
		22. 刷子zi - shuāzi - brush
		23. 胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person
		24. (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
		25. 一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden
		26. small, round object
		算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN
		27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
		28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)