孝

Meaning

孝 centers on the duty and respect a child owes to parents and elders: filial piety and a child's respectful devotion.

• 孝こう

  filial piety

• 親孝行おやこうこう
  N2

  filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

• 孝行こうこう
  N2

  filial piety

• 親不孝おやふこう
  N1

  lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents

• 孝子こうし

  filial child

• 忠孝ちゅうこう

  loyalty and filial piety

• 不孝ふこう
  N1

  undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety

• 不孝者ふこうもの

  unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter

• 仁義忠孝じんぎちゅうこう

  humanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety

• 奥さん孝行おくさんこうこう

  devotion to one's wife; doing things for one's wife

• 女房孝行にょうぼうこうこう

  being devoted to one's wife; uxorious

• 子供は３歳までに一生分の親孝行をするこどもはさんさいまでにいっしょうぶんのおやこうこうをする

  children pay back their debt to their parents in full by age 3 (through their cuteness)

• 孝女こうじょ

  filial daughter

• 孝弟こうてい

  filial piety; brotherly love

• 孝心こうしん

  filial devotion

• 孝敬こうけい

  filial piety

• 孝経こうきょう

  the Book of Filial Piety

• 孝行のしたい時分に親はなしこうこうのしたいじぶんにおやはなし

  when you are ready to be a filial child, your parents are already gone

• 孝道こうどう

  filial piety

• 孝順こうじゅん

  obedience; filial piety

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