孝

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 教 酵 痚

Related characters

• 老

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		孝
simp. #		孝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孝
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Characters in the same phonetic series (孝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
酵	*kruːs
窙	*qʰruː
哮	*qʰruː, *qʰruːs
庨	*qʰruː
涍	*qʰruː, *qʰruːs
孝	*qʰruːs

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

Alternative explanation: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 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”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孝

1. to do one's filial duty; to show filial piety
2. 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, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

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

     (He) who is referred to as filial in his clan, who is referred to as fraternal in his community.

3. mourning
4. mourning dress
5. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

孝

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

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Readings

Source : mahou kanji dictionary - 孝 (Takashi)

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

Compounds

• 孝敬
• 孝行
• 孝情
• 孝心

Proper noun

孝(たかし) • (Takashi) 

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 孝 (hiếu, hếu)

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