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孝: filial piety

filial piety
7 strokesElementary · Grade 6 (5級)in 9 words here

Readings

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コウ・キョウ
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こう, "devotion to parents": 親孝行(おやこうこう), 孝行(こうこう), 親不孝(おやふこう).

Stroke order · 7 strokes

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Key words

親孝行おやこうこうbeing good to one's parents
孝行こうこうfilial piety
不孝ふこうundutifulness to parents
親不孝おやふこうlack of filial piety

Example sentences

On Father's Day I gave my dad a trip as a way of being a dutiful child.

He is a dutiful son and calls his mother every week.

I regret having been an undutiful child by not writing letters for so long.

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