TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
教
ㄐㄧㄠ · jiāo/jiào
verb — to teach (jiāo); noun — teaching, religion (jiào)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
爻義crossed counting rods — the lesson
攵義a hand holding a rod
Crossed rods (爻) laid out for the lesson, a child (子) before them, a hand with a rod (攵) keeping time — together they write teach. Read jiāo, it is the act: 教書、教中文; read jiào, the teaching itself: 教育、宗教.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
籌棒（爻）擺成一道題，孩子（子）數著；後面那隻手（攵）輕輕敲一下桌。
The rods (爻) lie in a problem; the child (子) counts; behind them the hand (攵) taps the desk once.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
jiāo
(本義)教書、教人— to teach — to pass the lesson on常用
jiào
(引申)教育、教學— teaching, education常用
→宗教、佛教— religion — a body of teaching
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension