孝

filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel

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-

(noun suffix)

Character component without intrinsic meaning

filial son

unfilial

the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty

see 父慈子孝[fu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4]

Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 shi4], Hubei

Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 shi4], Hubei

There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])

xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate

Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lü3 liang2], Shanxi 山西

Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lü3 liang2], Shanxi 山西

Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[Yong1 zheng4] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[Qian2 long2]

a condolence visit