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孝

xiào

filial piety

Depicts a child (子) respecting an old man (老), conveying the meaning "filial piety".

Components
老 iconic,remnant component

老  Iconic Remnant component

lǎo

  

old

子 iconic component

子  Iconic component

zi, zǐ

  

child

Evolution

孝 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
孝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孝 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
孝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

孝  

xiào

filial piety, obedience; mourning; filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel

Most common words with 孝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

孝

mourning apparel

孝顺

filial piety

孝敬

to show filial respect

孝子

filial son

不孝

unfilial

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

哮 酵

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰˤ<r>uʔ-s

xaewH

xiào

filial


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6659% of movies

2830th most common character in movies

2116th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5B5D

Shuowen

“孝，善事父母者。从老省，从子，子承老也。”


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