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孝 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「子」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「子」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
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Meaning
filial piety; devotion to parents

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A form for an aged parent with 子 "child"; a child supporting a parent — hence "filial piety."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō孝行こうこう孝心こうしん不孝ふこう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 孝行こうこう

    filial devotion

  • 不孝ふこう

    lack of filial piety

More words with this kanji

  • 孝悌こうてい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

親(おや)孝行(こうこう)をしたいと思(おも)う。

I want to be good to my parents.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

不孝孝行孝不not行to go存to exi…子child孔hole孕to con…字charac…后empres…皇empero…紅crimso…降to des…鋼steel
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 子Map of reading コウAll maps

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