Keyword
filial piety
- obedience
- mourning
- Frequency
- #2453
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
xiào
Mnemonic
A young man 子 carrying an older man 耂
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
孝
filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
孝顺
filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety
孝子
filial son
不孝
unfilial
孝道
filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter
孝感市
Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省 (HúběiShěng)
孝敬
to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents
孝心
filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents
尽孝
to do one's filial duty
孝昌县
Xiaochang, a county in Xiaogan City 孝感市 (XiàogǎnShì), Hubei
费孝通
Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
孝经
Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
孝廉
xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing; successful second degree candidate
守孝
to observe mourning for one's parents
孝义市
Xiaoyi, a county-level city in Lüliang City 吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi
明孝陵
Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 (ZhūYuánzhāng), a World Heritage site
秦孝公
Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦国 (Qínguó), ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
孝服
mourning clothes
戴孝
to wear mourning garb; to be in mourning
朱孝天
Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
二十四孝
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
孝悌
filial piety and fraternal duty
重孝
mourning dress
孝南区
Xiaonan, a district of Xiaogan City 孝感市 (XiàogǎnShì), Hubei