jiāo to teach

Made up of [ xiào filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel , suī rap radical 66]
Made with 11 strokes.
The right element is 'filial duty' and the left is 'to rap' suggesting teaching by threatening with a stick

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Also uses xiào component: jiào (religion)
Also uses suī component: fàng (let go) (happening) huī (emblem) jiào (religion) sàn (to scatter) xiào (effect) yōu (distant) zhì (to send)

Sounds same

jiāo (to hand over) jiāo (suburbs) jiāo (to glue)

Different tone

jiǎo (horn) jiǎo (dumpling) jiào (called) jiào (religion) jiào (comparatively)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

赐子千金不如教子一艺 cì zǐ qiān jīn bù rú jiào zǐ yī yì Learning a new skill will pay dividends in the future
子不教父之过 zǐ bù jiào fù zhī guò Parents are responsible for their children's education
孺子可教 rú zǐ kě jiào A promising youngster who is open to learning. The story is of Zhang Liang who had failed in an attempt to assassinate the first Qin Emperor and went into hiding. He came across a mysterious old man who set him a series of tests to judge his keenness to learn from him. After passing all the tests with flying colors the old man gave him a book on military strategy and Zhang became a leading military strategist.