Memory phrase for the character: 恥

恥

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Meaning

shame, ashamed, disgrace, shy

Pronunciation

CHI
haji, hazukashii/jiru

Explanation

 Left: ear 耳, right: heart 心

Mnemonic
 
(The blood from your heart makes your ears red.) It presses into your ears from the heart: you blush and are ashamed.

Radicals

耳 earShows the picture of an ear (auricle / pinna).
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.




 Vocabulary

羞恥 しゅうち  to be asshamed
恥 はじ  shame, embarrassment
恥じらう はじらう  to feel shy, to be bashful, to blush
恥じる はじる  to feel ashamed
恥ずかしい はずかしい  shy, ashamed, embarrassed

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