为子死孝，为臣死忠
为子死孝，为臣死忠 in English
- (idiom) According to the morality of feudal society, children were expected to honor their parents even at the cost of their lives, while subjects were expected to remain loyal to the ruler unto death.
Character breakdown
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
子
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 西晉 - See all 32 forms
死
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 23 forms
孝
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Bronze script 商代晚期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 14 forms
臣
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 18 forms
忠
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Bronze script 戰國晚期.晉 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 17 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).