身しん体たい髪はっ膚ぷこれを父ふ母ぼに受うくあえて毀き傷しょうせざるは孝こうの始はじめなり
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
from The Classic of Filial Piety
Kanji used
one's body
body
hair
skin (medical)
father
mother
receive
demolish
wound
duty to one's parents
begin