Hanja Analyzer
孝

孝 — hyo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
효도 효
Romanization
hyo
English
filial piety, obedience; mourning
Mandarin
xiào
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, キョウ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,030 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
子 (39, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+5B5D

Parts that make up 孝

  • 耂 늙을 로variant of 老 지팡이를 짚은 노인늙음. 위에서 耂 로 쓴다
  • 子 아들 자 포대기에 싸인 아기아이와 자식, 작고 어린 것

How 孝 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 孝 as a ideographic compound involving 耂, 子.

Korean example words with 孝

  • 효심孝心 Korean gloss: 효성스러운 마음
  • 효녀孝女 Korean gloss: 부모를 잘 섬기는 딸
  • 효지孝志 Korean gloss: 효성을 다하려는 마음
  • 효행孝行 Korean gloss: 부모를 잘 섬기는 행실
  • 효경孝敬 Korean gloss: 부모를 잘 섬기고 공경함
  • 효양孝養 Korean gloss: 어버이를 효성으로 봉양함
  • 영효榮孝 Korean gloss: 부모를 영화롭게 하는 효도
  • 효부孝婦 Korean gloss: 시부모를 잘 섬기는 며느리
  • 효도孝道 Korean gloss: 부모를 정성껏 잘 섬기는 일
  • 충효忠孝 Korean gloss: 충성과 효도를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 성효誠孝 Korean gloss: 마음을 다하여 부모를 섬기는 정성
  • 효의孝義 Korean gloss: 효행(孝行)과 절의(節義)를 아울러 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 孝

  • 孝行こうこう filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
  • 親孝行おやこうこう filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
  • 忠孝ちゅうこう loyalty and filial piety
  • 不孝ふこう undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (the crime of) cursing one's parents
  • 親不孝おやふこう lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child
  • 孝こう filial piety
  • 孝敬こうけい filial piety
  • 孝経こうきょう the Book of Filial Piety
  • 孝子こうし filial child
  • 孝順こうじゅん obedience; filial piety
  • 孝女こうじょ filial daughter
  • 孝心こうしん filial devotion

Characters sharing the phonetic 孝

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “효”

Other hanja with radical 子

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