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Mythic Mandarin

孝子 (xiào zǐ): meaning and stroke order

孝子 (xiào zǐ) means filial son.

孝子

Simplified
孝子
Traditional
孝子 (same form)
Pinyin
xiào zǐ

Stroke order of 孝子

孝

  • xiào filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

子

  • zǐ son; child
  • zi noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 孝子

  1. xiào zǐ
    • filial son

Radicals of the characters

孝
Radical 子 (Kangxi radical 39) · 7 strokes · 耂 on top, 子 below
子
Radical 子 (Kangxi radical 39) · 3 strokes · built from 了 and 一

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

孝子 in our stories

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  • 有大臣出了个主意：从三面放火烧山，介子推是孝子，一定会背着母亲从另一面出来。

    yǒu dàchén chū le gè zhǔyi cóng sān miàn fànghuǒ shāo shān Jiè Zǐtuī shì xiàozǐ yídìng huì bēi zhe mǔqīn cóng lìng yí miàn chūlai

    A minister suggested setting fire to the mountain on three sides: Jie Zitui was a devoted son and would surely carry his mother out the fourth.

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 孝子

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).