孝

孝 (radical 39, 子+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十大弓木 (JKND), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱耂子)

• 教 酵 痚

• 老

• KangXi: page 278, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6952
• Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1011, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5B5D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰruːs) : phonetic 耂 + semantic 子.

Alternative explanation: Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 耂 (“an old man with long hair, bent over”) + 子 (“a child”) – an old man and a child, filial piety between generations. Compare top component to 老 (OC *ruːʔ, “old”).

孝

1. to do one's filial duty; to show filial piety

   • 宗族稱孝焉，鄉黨稱弟焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宗族称孝焉，乡党称弟焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zōngzú chēng xiào yān, xiāngdǎng chēng dì yān. [Pinyin]

     He whom the circle of his relatives pronounce to be filial, whom his fellow villagers and neighbors pronounce to be fraternal.

2. filial piety; filial duty
3. mourning
4. mourning dress
5. A surname​.

• (to do one's filial duty):

• (filial piety):

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Nanori: たか (taka); たかし (takashi); のり (nori); よし (yoshi)

• 孝 (こう)敬 (けい) (kōkei)
• 孝 (こう)行 (こう) (kōkō)
• 孝 (こう)心 (しん) (kōshin)

From Middle Chinese 孝 (MC hˠau^H).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) こ​ー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

孝 (hiragana こう, rōmaji kō, historical hiragana かう)

1. filial piety

• IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ɕi]

孝 (hiragana たかし, rōmaji Takashi)

1. A male given name

孝 • (hyo) (hangeul 효, revised hyo, McCune–Reischauer hyo, Yale hyo)

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孝: Hán Việt readings: hiếu[1][2][3]
孝: Nôm readings: hiếu[1][2], héo[1], hếu[3]

1. Hán tự form of hiếu (“filial piety”).