孝 – filial piety, child's respect

7 strokesTaught in grade 6#1030 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 孝 means filial piety, child's respect. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ、キョウ (kou, kyou). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 子 (no. 39).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 子 (Kangxi radical 39). Components: 子・老.

Words using 孝

孝行こうこうfilial piety

Example sentences

孝行したいときに親はなし。

When one would be filial, one's parents are gone.

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Kanji with the same radical

学子字存季孤孫

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