孝

filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel

孝 = ⺹ + 子 : Mnemonic symbol: a mourning veil.

Xi Shi (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

孝
- 子
  - 一
  - 了
    - 乛
    - 亅
- ⺹
  - 丿
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

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]