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1. Filial Piety
2. Filial Piety / Filial Conduct
4. Hyo-Jung
5. Love Between Child and Parents
孝 represents filial piety.
Some will define this in more common English as “respect for your parents and ancestors.”
孝 is a subject deeply emphasized by the ancient philosophy and teachings of Confucius.
Some have included this in the list for the Bushido, although generally not considered part of the 7 core virtues of the warrior.
Note: 孝 is not the best of meanings when seen as a single character. Some will read the single-character form to mean “missing my dead ancestors.” However, when written as part of Confucian tenets, or in the two-character word that means filial piety, the meaning is better or read differently (context is important for this character).
We suggest one of our other two-character filial piety entries instead of this one.
孝行 expresses the idea of filial piety or filial conduct.
While the first character means filial piety by itself, the second character adds “action.” Therefore this represents the actions you take to show your respect and obedience to your elders or ancestors.
Confucius is probably the first great advocate for filial piety.
孝道 most clearly expresses the Confucian philosophy of filial piety.
Confucius taught that all should be respectful and obedient to their parents. Included in this idea is honoring your ancestors.
The second character is “dao/tao” or “the way” as in Taoism. You can say this title is “The Tao of Filial Piety” or “The Way of Filial Piety.”
孝靜 or 효정 is the Korean given name Hyo-Jung or Hyojung.
If you want this name written in Hangul, click the Hangul characters next to the Korean flag above (instead of the big button).
棒頭出孝子箸頭出忤逆 literally translates as:
A stick (or switch) produces filial sons; chopsticks produce disobedient [ones].
Figuratively, this means:
Strict discipline produces dutiful children, whereas indulgence produces disobedient ones.
This proverb is very similar to this English proverb:
“Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
国家忠诚父母孝道朋友有信杀生有择临战无退 are the five codes of Tang Soo Do.
I suggest you have this arranged in five columns when you get to the options page for your custom calligraphy wall scroll.
Here are my translations of each of the five codes:
國家忠誠 Be loyal to your country.
父母孝道 In regards to parents, behave in a filial way.
朋友有信 Be faithful in friendship.
殺生有擇 When fighting for life and death, make noble choices.
臨戰無退 No retreat in battle.
Note: “Tang Soo Do” is a romanization of 唐手道. It's 당수도 in Korean Hangul. It can also be romanized as “Tangsudo” or “Dangsudo.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 孝 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
孝 see styles |
xiào xiao4 hsiao kou; kyou(ok) / ko; kyo(ok) こう; きょう(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Filial Piety(See 孝行・1) filial piety; (given name) Yasuaki Filial, obedient. |
孝行 see styles |
koukou / koko こうこう |
More info & calligraphy: Filial Piety / Filial Conduct |
孝道 see styles |
xiào dao xiao4 dao5 hsiao tao koudou / kodo こうどう |
More info & calligraphy: The Dao of Filial Pietyfilial piety; (given name) Takamichi |
父慈子孝 see styles |
fù cí zǐ xiào fu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4 fu tz`u tzu hsiao fu tzu tzu hsiao |
More info & calligraphy: Love Between Child and Parents |
一孝 see styles |
hidenori ひでのり |
(given name) Hidenori |
万孝 see styles |
yoshitaka よしたか |
(given name) Yoshitaka |
三孝 see styles |
mitsutaka みつたか |
(personal name) Mitsutaka |
不孝 see styles |
bù xiào bu4 xiao4 pu hsiao fukou(p); fukyou / fuko(p); fukyo ふこう(P); ふきょう |
unfilial (noun or adjectival noun) (1) undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (ふきょう only) (archaism) (See 八虐) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) (ふきょう only) (archaism) disowning one's child unfilial |
久孝 see styles |
hisataka ひさたか |
(given name) Hisataka |
之孝 see styles |
yukitaka ゆきたか |
(given name) Yukitaka |
五孝 see styles |
gokou / goko ごこう |
(surname) Gokou |
亘孝 see styles |
nobutaka のぶたか |
(personal name) Nobutaka |
亮孝 see styles |
ryoukou / ryoko りょうこう |
(given name) Ryōkou |
仁孝 see styles |
yoshiyuki よしゆき |
(given name) Yoshiyuki |
仲孝 see styles |
nakataka なかたか |
(personal name) Nakataka |
伯孝 see styles |
noritaka のりたか |
(personal name) Noritaka |
伸孝 see styles |
nobutaka のぶたか |
(given name) Nobutaka |
住孝 see styles |
sumitaka すみたか |
(given name) Sumitaka |
佐孝 see styles |
suketaka すけたか |
(given name) Suketaka |
佳孝 see styles |
yoshitaka よしたか |
(given name) Yoshitaka |
俊孝 see styles |
toshitaka としたか |
(given name) Toshitaka |
保孝 see styles |
yasutaka やすたか |
(given name) Yasutaka |
信孝 see styles |
nobuyoshi のぶよし |
(male given name) Nobuyoshi |
修孝 see styles |
yoshitaka よしたか |
(personal name) Yoshitaka |
健孝 see styles |
kenkou / kenko けんこう |
(given name) Kenkou |
儀孝 see styles |
yoshitaka よしたか |
(given name) Yoshitaka |
優孝 see styles |
yutaka ゆたか |
(personal name) Yutaka |
允孝 see styles |
mitsutaka みつたか |
(given name) Mitsutaka |
元孝 see styles |
mototaka もとたか |
(given name) Mototaka |
充孝 see styles |
mitsunori みつのり |
(personal name) Mitsunori |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Filial Piety | 孝 | kou / ko | xiào / xiao4 / xiao | hsiao |
Filial Piety Filial Conduct | 孝行 | koukou / koko | xiào xìng xiao4 xing4 xiao xing xiaoxing | hsiao hsing hsiaohsing |
The Dao of Filial Piety | 孝道 | kou dou / koudou / ko do | xiào dào / xiao4 dao4 / xiao dao / xiaodao | hsiao tao / hsiaotao |
Hyo-Jung | 孝靜 | xiào jìng xiao4 jing4 xiao jing xiaojing | hsiao ching hsiaoching |
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Love Between Child and Parents | 父慈子孝 | fù cí zǐ xiào fu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4 fu ci zi xiao fucizixiao | fu tz`u tzu hsiao futzutzuhsiao fu tzu tzu hsiao |
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Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child | 棒頭出孝子箸頭出忤逆 | bàng tóu chū xiào zǐ zhù tóu chū wǔ nì bang4 tou2 chu1 xiao4 zi3 zhu4 tou2 chu1 wu3 ni4 bang tou chu xiao zi zhu tou chu wu ni | pang t`ou ch`u hsiao tzu chu t`ou ch`u wu ni pang tou chu hsiao tzu chu tou chu wu ni |
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Five Codes of Tang Soo Do | 國家忠誠父母孝道朋友有信殺生有擇臨戰無退 国家忠诚父母孝道朋友有信杀生有择临战无退 | guó jiā zhōng chéng fù mǔ xiào dào péng yǒu yǒu xìn shā shēng yǒu zé lín zhàn wú tuì guo2 jia1 zhong1 cheng2 fu4 mu3 xiao4 dao4 peng2 you3 you3 xin4 sha1 sheng1 you3 ze2 lin2 zhan4 wu2 tui4 guo jia zhong cheng fu mu xiao dao peng you you xin sha sheng you ze lin zhan wu tui | kuo chia chung ch`eng fu mu hsiao tao p`eng yu yu hsin sha sheng yu tse lin chan wu t`ui kuo chia chung cheng fu mu hsiao tao peng yu yu hsin sha sheng yu tse lin chan wu tui |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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