xiào
filial piety
Filial piety (孝) is the respect that the young (子) must have for their elders (老).
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Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰˤ<r>uʔ-s | xaewH | xiào | filial |
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.6659% of movies
2830th most common character in movies
2116th most common character in books
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+5B5D |
Shuowen | “孝,善事父母者。从老省,从子,子承老也。” |