Definition of 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり (しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり)
しんたいはっぷふぼうきしょうこうはじ
身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
shintaihappukorewofuboniukuaetekishousezaruhakounohajimenari
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filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)(proverb)(from The Classic of Filial Piety)
Other readings:
身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なり【しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり】
Related Kanji
| 身 | somebody, person, one's station in life |
| 体 | body, substance, object, reality, counter for images |
| 髪 | hair of the head |
| 膚 | skin, body, grain, texture, disposition |
| 父 | father |
| 母 | mother |
| 受 | accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive |
| 毀 | break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined |
| 傷 | wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point |
| 孝 | filial piety, child's respect |
| 始 | commence, begin |