Chinese Character 孝 Meanings and components.

Form

孝

Meaning

孝 meaning[3] in English

Filial Piety Or Obedience.

Mourning Apparel.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 孝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (耂) , and son (子)

Its radical[1] is: 子 (zi5) which means: Son, Child, Seed, Egg, Small Thing, 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat, Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4], Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North), .子zi5son

In cangjie it is written with JKND

How to write 孝

To write孝xiao4filial piety … you should write a combination of 耂lao3 , 子zi5son arranged in a 吕 shape:

耂 + 子 = 孝

孝 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 孝 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 孝, looks as follow:

孝
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Filial Piety Or Obedience . Mourning Apparel
耂
Pinyin:lao3
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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