Meaning

Primary

Disobedient Child

Alternative

Unfilial Child

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Remember how 不孝 is "disobedience to parents"? Well, someone who shows disobedience to parents is a disobedient child or an unfilial child.

Reading

ふこうもの
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

不孝 is a reading you should know already. Add the もの reading for and you have yourself a reading. Now go be obedient to your parents and keep studying your kanji.

Context

Context Sentences

母に「不孝者」と呼ばれた。

My mother called me a "disobedient child."

Kanji Composition