孝 · Zhong Yao
Xiào (4th tone). The Shuowen analyses 孝 as 「善事父母者。从老省，从子。子承老也」 — ‘one who serves parents well; from a reduced 老 (old) and 子 (child); the child bears up the old.’ The picture-syntax is the point: the young support the elder. Confucius makes $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart