Hanja Analyzer
恥

恥 — chi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
부끄러울 치
Romanization
chi
English
shame, humiliation; ashamed
Mandarin
chǐ
Japanese on'yomi
チ
Japanese kun'yomi
は.じる はじ は.じらう は.ずかしい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,575 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Variant forms
耻
Radical
心 (61, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
耳
Unicode
U+6065

Parts that make up 恥

  • 耳 귀 이sound 귀귀와 듣는 일
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 恥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 恥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 耳, 心.

Korean example words with 恥

  • 국치國恥 Korean gloss: 나라의 수치
  • 설치雪恥 Korean gloss: 부끄러움을 씻음
  • 치부恥部 Korean gloss: ‘음부’를 달리 이르는 말
  • 숙치宿恥 Korean gloss: 전에 받은 수치. 또는 여러 해의 치욕
  • 염치廉恥 Korean gloss: 체면을 차릴 줄 알며 부끄러움을 아는 마음
  • 치모恥毛 Korean gloss: 치부에 난 털이라는 뜻으로 ‘거웃’을 이르는 말
  • 치욕스럽다恥辱 Korean gloss: 욕되고 수치스러운 데가 있다
  • 치사스럽다恥事 Korean gloss: 보기에 행동이나 말 따위가 쩨쩨하고 남부끄러운 데가 있다
  • 수치스럽다羞恥 Korean gloss: 다른 사람들을 볼 낯이 없거나 스스로 떳떳하지 못한 느낌이 있다
  • 수치감羞恥感 Korean gloss: 수치를 당한 느낌
  • 수치심羞恥心 Korean gloss: 수치를 느끼는 마음
  • 치욕감恥辱感 Korean gloss: 욕되고 수치스럽게 느껴지는 감정

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 恥

  • 恥はじ shame; embarrassment; disgrace
  • 恥ずかしいはずかしい embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed
  • 恥じるはじる to feel ashamed
  • 恥じらうはじらう to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
  • 羞恥しゅうち shyness; bashfulness; shame
  • 恥辱ちじょく disgrace; shame; insult
  • 恥じらいはじらい shyness; bashfulness
  • 無恥むち shameless
  • 恥さらしはじさらし disgrace; shame
  • 恥知らずはじしらず shameless; shameless person
  • 恥骨ちこつ pubis; pubic bone
  • 恥部ちぶ private parts; privates; genitalia

Characters sharing the phonetic 耳

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “치”

Other hanja with radical 心

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