孝

xiào

filial piety or obedience

mourning apparel

elder (耂) + child (子) = filial piety

The character literally shows an old person supported on top by a child beneath — the child carrying the elder. This visual weight says everything: the young uphold the old.

耂+子→孝
子ChildSemantic
耂Old ageSemantic

他从小就懂得孝敬父母。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù dǒng de xiào jìng fù mǔ。

He has understood how to show filial respect to his parents since childhood.

在中国文化里,孝是非常重要的传统美德。

zài zhōng guó wén huà lǐ, xiào shì fēi cháng zhòng yào de chuán tǒng měi dé。

In Chinese culture, filial piety is a very important traditional virtue.

Words with 孝

孝感

xiào gǎn

see 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 Shi4]

重孝

zhòng xiào

mourning dress

不孝

bù xiào

unfilial

不孝有三,无后为大

bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà

there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])

二十四孝

èr shí sì xiào

the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty

子孝父慈

zǐ xiào fù cí

see 父慈子孝[fu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4]

孝南

xiào nán

see 孝南區|孝南区[Xiao4 nan2 Qu1]

孝南区

xiào nán qū

Xiaonan, a district of Xiaogan City 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 Shi4], Hubei

孝子

xiào zǐ

filial son

孝思不匮

xiào sī bù kuì

to be forever filial (idiom)

孝悌

xiào tì

filial piety and fraternal duty

孝悌忠信

xiào tì zhōng xìn

piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends

More characters with 耂

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