| 画荻教子 |
huà dí jiào zǐ |
to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education |
| 画 |
huà |
to draw; to paint / picture; painting (CL:幅,张) / to draw (a line) (variant of 划) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) |
| 荻 |
dí |
Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed) / used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi |
| 教 |
Jiào |
surname Jiao |
| 教 |
jiāo |
to teach; to instruct |
| 教 |
jiào |
(bound form) to teach; to instruct / a religion / to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth) |
| 教子 |
jiào zǐ |
to educate one's children / godson |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |