孝

孝
xiào = xi + ao4
filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel
孝 = ⺹ + 子 : Mnemonic symbol: a mourning veil. Marie Curie (xi) was breeding an egg (子) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), and she even put a crown (⺹) on it (the crown is on top of the egg: 孝), so much she loved her little prince. Unfortunately the egg died, and thus Marie Curie put on her mourning veil (孝).

孝 character breakdown

子
zǐ = z + Ø3
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) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
子 = 了 + 一 : Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.
子
zi = z + Ø5
(noun suffix)
⺹
Character component without intrinsic meaning
⺹ = 土 + 丿 : Looks a bit like a crown. The crown is made of three bananas and a bit of clay.

Characters with 孝 as component

教
jiào = ji + ao4
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell
教 = 孝 + 攵 : Joan of Arc joined an apocalyptic religious sect that taught her to dig her own grave. Wearing a mourning veil, she breaks the floor of the aorta's bathroom open using a sledgehammer.
教
jiào = ji + ao4
surname Jiao
教
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to teach
酵
jiào = ji + ao4
yeast; leaven / fermentation / Taiwan pr. [xiao4]
酵
jiào = ji + ao4
yeast / leavening / fermentation / Taiwan pr. [xiao4]
哮
xiào = xi + ao4
pant / roar / bark (of animals) / Taiwan pr. [xiao1]
痚
xia̅o = xi + ao1
asthma / difficulty in breathing

Words with 孝

不
孝
unfilial
不
不
孝
孝
有
有
三
三
，
，
,
无
無
后
後
为
為
大
大
There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])
二
十
四
孝
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
子
孝
父
慈
see 父慈子孝[fu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4]
孝
南
Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 shi4], Hubei
孝
孝
南
南
区
區
Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 shi4], Hubei
孝
廉
xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
孝
孝
思
思
不
不
匮
匱
to be forever filial (idiom)
孝
悌
filial piety and fraternal duty
孝
悌
忠
信
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends

Sentences with 孝

孝 currently does not appear in any sentence.