孝

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

• 侾, 哮, 𡌉, 𫰪, 𡷸, 𭜸, 𢭦, 涍, 㹲, 㫴, 㭳, 𤉗, 𤥝, 𤽴, 𥆔, 硣, 𰳽, 𥺄, 誟, 𧱐, 踍, 酵, 﨧, 𡦝, 𰍝, 𩩉, 𩷨, 𪊷, 𡦱, 𡦵
• 𨛨, 教, 𪵋, 𡦊, 𩳔, 𱈩, 𰌲, 𡦳, 𡦲, 𠭂, 宯, 䓔, 窙, 庨, 痚, 𨴹(𫔲), 𩱞

• 老

• 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

Historical forms of the character 孝
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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”).

孝

1. to do one's filial duty; to show 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 tì yān. [Pinyin]

     He whom the circle of his relatives pronounce to be filial, whom his fellow villagers and neighbors pronounce to be fraternal.

2. filial piety; filial duty
3. mourning
4. mourning dress
5. (Southern Min) to offer up sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)
6. (Mainland China Hokkien) custom and etiquette to be observed after the death of one's seniors
7. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, vulgar, derogatory) to eat
8. a surname

• (to do one's filial duty):

• (filial piety):

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Nanori: たか (taka); たかし (takashi); のり (nori); よし (yoshi)

• 孝(こう)敬(けい) (kōkei, “filial piety”)
• 孝(こう)行(こう) (kōkō, “filial piety”)
• 孝(こう)心(しん) (kōshin, “filial devotion”)
• 不(ふ)孝(こう) (fukō, “unfilial”)

From Middle Chinese 孝 (MC xaewH).

• (Tokyo) こ​ー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

孝(こう) • (kō) ^{←かう (kau)?}

1. filial piety

• IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ɕi]

孝(たかし) • (Takashi) 

1. a male given name

孝 (eumhun 효도 효 (hyodo hyo))

1. Hanja form^? of 효 (“filial piety”).

孝: Hán Việt readings: hiếu[1][2][3]
孝: Nôm readings: hiếu[1][2], héo[1], hếu[3]

1. chữ Hán form of hiếu (“filial piety”).