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恥 means 'shame'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1173   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-21    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 34    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 26 words   Used in 70 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   チ
Kun
   はじ shame   はじる to feel ashamed   はじらう to be shy   はずかしい ashamed
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 恥 - click the badge to download
Discover which kanji trip up the Japanese, making them cringe. See how misused words, activism, and shamelessness also bother them. Learn proverbs about shame. Find out which country experiences "national humiliation." And learn to say, "I have never been so humiliated in my life," "His cheeks were burning with shame," and "He tried to save face but ended up disgracing himself instead."
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42
Dying of Embarrassment
肩 恥 羞 膝
The longer you live, the more shame you suffer, says an old Japanese proverb. Shame can involve feeling exposed. The Japanese experience deep embarrassment about misusing words (and kanji!). The exposure might be literal; essays 1572 and 2031 mention how evacuees feel when fleeing a disaster naked. Indeed, the body provokes much shame; essay 1572 features a shocking quiz with恥 (shame) in five genital-related words. Shame has its own body language. Essay 1212 on 肩 presents a common term related to shoulder position and shame, and essay 2100 discusses shame-filled, head-on-the-floor prostration when apologizing for a grave error.
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 恥 is used 6 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 恥 is used 53 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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チ : 18 words FIND ALL
ち じ ょ く 0
Most common form: ちじょく
noun
disgrace; shame; insult
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はじ : 19 words FIND ALL
は じ 2
Most common form: はじ
noun
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
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はじる : 15 words FIND ALL
は ず か し い 4
1. shy; ashamed; embarrassed  (see also: 気恥ずかしい, 小っ恥ずかしい)
2. disgraceful; shameful
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はじ (read as ぱじ) : 1 word FIND ALL
あ か っ ぱ じ 0
noun
shame; disgrace; ridicule (often public)
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An additional は.じらう less common words include 恥 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1572  Joy o' Kanji : 1572  Key to Kanji: - 

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恥
チ   はじ shame   はじる to feel ashamed   はじらう to be shy   はずかしい ashamed   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
心
シン   こころ heart   
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