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羞 means 'ashamed'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 2419   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-46    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 19 words   Used in 1 name   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   シュウ ashamed
Additional readings
Kun    はじる to feel ashamed   すすめる   はずかしい
Notes
Top and lower left elements are similar to ⺶ (sheep), but drawn as combination of 𦍌 (sheep) and ノ.
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Find out how to say, "A bashful look came over her face," "These slums are a disgrace to our city," "I'm ashamed of my poor English," and "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." Learn to overcome performance anxiety, especially by seeing the audience as vegetables! Find out how the name of a popular band arose from a misreading of 羞. And read about famously shy people.
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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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⿱  𦍌 (羊) sheep  ⿰  ノ (乃) katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from  丑 sign of the cow  
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差 difference  着 arrive  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 羞 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 羞 is used 16 times, read 3 ways.
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シュウ : 10 words FIND ALL
し ゅ う ち し ん 3
noun
shyness; shame
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はずかしい : 5 words FIND ALL
は ず か し い 4
Most common form: 恥ずかしい
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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はじる : 1 word FIND ALL
は じ 2
Most common form: はじ
noun
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
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An additional 5 less common words include 羞 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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羞
シュウ ashamed   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
丑
うし sign of the cow   
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五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
丨
stick   
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