孝（こう）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: filial piety
Example sentences
- 親を大切にする孝を重んじる。 — To value filial piety, cherishing one's parents.
- 孝は儒教の中心的な徳だ。 — Filial piety is a central virtue in Confucianism.
Idioms & proverbs containing “孝”
- 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
- 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)
- 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり (しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり) — filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
- 忠孝両全 (ちゅうこうりょうぜん) — being a good son and a loyal subject; possessing loyalty and filial piety
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