孝 — Chinese character
孝
xiào
filial piety, obedience; mourning
- Pinyin
- xiào
- Radical
- 39 ⼦ (Child)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 耂 子
- Formation
- ideographic — A young man 子 carrying an older man 耂
- Japanese
- 孝 as a kanji
Common words with 孝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孝顺 (孝順) | xiào shùn | filial; dutiful |
| 孝子 | xiào zǐ | filial son |
| 不孝 | bù xiào | unfilial |
| 孝道 | xiào dao | filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter |
| 孝敬 | xiào jìng | to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) |
| 孝心 | xiào xīn | filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents |
| 尽孝 (盡孝) | jìn xiào | to do one's filial duty |
| 孝廉 | xiào lián | xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing; successful second degree candidate |
| 守孝 | shǒu xiào | to observe mourning for one's parents |
| 孝服 | xiào fú | mourning clothes |
| 戴孝 | dài xiào | to wear mourning garb; to be in mourning |
| 孝悌 | xiào tì | filial piety and fraternal duty |
English words written with 孝
孝 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 19 · Mencius 29 · Zhuangzi 19 · Great Learning 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 18
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 19
- Analects 1.2
- Analects 1.6
- Analects 1.11
- Analects 2.5
- Analects 2.6
- Analects 2.7
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