孝
Meanings
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- 1.filial piety or obedience
- 2.mourning apparel
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Wiktionary
- 1.to do one's filial duty; to show filial piety
- 2.filial piety; filial duty
- 3.mourning
- 4.mourning dress
- 5.to offer up sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)
- 6.custom and etiquette to be observed after the death of one's seniors
- 7.to eat
- 8.a surname
- 9.to exhibit excessive or blind support for a person or thing
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 耂 (“an old man with long hair, bent over”) + 子 (“a child”) – an old man and a child, filial piety between generations. Compare top component to 老 (OC *ruːʔ, “old”).
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Related words
孝顺 filial孝敬 to show filial respect孝子 filial son孝廉 xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing脱孝 to get through the mourning period不孝 unfilial重孝 mourning dress孝义 see 孝义市[Xiào yì Shì]愚孝 unquestioning filial piety孝南 see 孝南区[Xiào nán Qū]孝经 Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)吊孝 a condolence visit