孝悌
xiào​tì

filial and fraternal piety

孝 xiào filial piety

Depicts a child (子) respecting an old man (老), conveying the meaning "filial piety".

Components

老
老 IconicRemnant component
lǎo old
子
子 Iconic component
zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

哮酵

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxaewHqʰˤ<r>uʔ-s filial

說文解字

《說文》：“孝，善事父母者。从老省，从子，子承老也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

悌 tì brotherly

Fraternal 弟 respect 忄; 弟 also provides the pronunciation

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
弟
弟 SoundMeaning component
dì, di younger brother

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdiːlʔ
diːls
Unicodedhèi

說文解字

善兄弟也。从心弟聲。經典通用弟。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)