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Keyword
duty to one's parents
  • filial piety
  • child's respect
Frequency
#1030
Strokes
7
Grade
6
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1342
Readings
コウ100%
Mnemonic
Tending the old grave of your parents with your child at your side shows your duty to one's parents.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
孝こう行こう
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
Noun
孝こう
filial piety
Noun
親おや孝こう行こう
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
Noun
親おや不ふ孝こう
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child
Noun
不ふ孝こう
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety
Na-adjective
忠ちゅう孝こう
loyalty and filial piety
Noun
孝こう子し
filial child
Noun
孝こう道どう
filial piety
Noun
孝こう養よう
filial duties; devotion to one's parents
Noun