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
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
Word Meaning 身体髪膚
しんたいはっぷ
shintaihappu
身体髪膚 is read as しんたいはっぷ (shintaihappu) and means entire human body.
Meaning
English
- entire human body
- every inch of one's body
Reading
Kana
しんたいはっぷ
Romaji
shintaihappu