Memory phrase for the character: 孝

孝

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Meaning

filial duty/piety (respect of child for parents)

Pronunciation

 KŌ

Explanation

 Top: old man 耂, below: child 子 (an old man 耂 strikes with a stick ノ a child 子)

Mnemonic
 
Towards an old man, a child has: filial duties.

Radicals

孝 filial duty
耂 old manWith the radical oigashira, an old man seems to support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?
子 childThe radical ko shows the image of a child with a large head and outstretched arms.
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 Vocabulary

孝行 こうこう  filial piety
親不孝 おやふこう  disobedience to the parents
親孝行 おやこうこう  filial piety
至孝 しこう  supreme filial piety

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