Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Matthews
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孝 xiào filial piety
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#265a
Chapter-16
7 strokes
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Hsiao is composed of 老 lao old , as seen in combination, as phonetic, and 子 tzŭ child underneath as radical, thus picturing the idea of the young taking care of the old. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
孝
xiào
filial piety or obedience/mourning apparel