xiào
filial piety
Depicts a child (子) respecting an old person (耂), conveying the meaning "filial piety".
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 孝
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
mourning apparel | ||
filial piety | ||
to show filial respect | ||
filial son | ||
unfilial |
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