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孝
xiào
1. filial piety or obedience
2. mourning apparel
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

孝
xiào
filial piety, obedience; mourning
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

孝道
xiàodao
filial piety (Confucian virtue)
孝顺
xiàoshùn
filial piety
HSK 5
守孝
shǒuxiào
to observe mourning for one's parents
带孝
dàixiào
variant of [[戴孝<dàixiào>]]
吊孝
diàoxiào
a condolence visit
愚孝
yúxiào
unquestioning filial piety
戴孝
dàixiào
to wear mourning garb
孝廉
xiàolián
xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing
孝心
xiàoxīn
filial piety (a Confucian obligation)
不孝
bùxiào
unfilial
孝悌
xiàotì
filial piety and fraternal duty
尽孝
jìnxiào
to do one's filial duty
孝感
Xiàogǎn
Xiaogan prefecture level city in Hubei
满孝
mǎnxiào
at the end of the mourning period
谢孝
xièxiào
to visit friends to thank them after a funeral
脱孝
tuōxiào
to get through the mourning period
孝敬
xiàojìng
to show filial respect
孝昌
Xiàochāng
Xiaochang county in Xiaogan [[孝感<Xiàogǎn>]], Hubei
孝南
Xiàonán
Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city [[孝感市<Xiàogǎnshì>]], Hubei
孝服
xiàofú
mourning clothes

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,115
Word Frequency Rank
2,028 of 84,292

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