Where does “hiếu thảo” come from?

hiếu thảo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thảo, from Chinese 草, from Japanese 草, from Middle Chinese 草.

hiếu thảo (Vietnamese): having filial piety

Definitions

  1. having filial piety

Ancestry of “hiếu thảo”, step by step

hiếu thảo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thảo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethảograsses and herbs; to write, to draft; to be...
2Chinese草—
3Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
4Middle Chinese草—

via Vietnamese hiếu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehiếufilial piety; mourning after parent's death;...
2Middle Chinese好—
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