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Translingual
Han character
恥 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸十心 (SJP), four-corner 13100, composition ⿰耳心)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 385, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10585
- Dae Jaweon: page 716, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2290, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6065
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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佴
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*nɯːs, *njɯs
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麛
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*miː
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弭
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*mniʔ
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渳
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*mniʔ
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葞
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*mniʔ
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髶
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*njis, *njoŋ
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聻
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*nɯʔ
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恥
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*n̥ʰɯʔ
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咡
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*njɯ, *njɯs
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誀
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*njɯ, *njɯs
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耳
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*njɯʔ
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洱
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*njɯʔ, *njɯs
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駬
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*njɯʔ
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餌
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*njɯs
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珥
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*njɯs
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衈
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*njɯs
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毦
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*njɯs
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刵
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*njɯs
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眲
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*njɯs, *rnɯːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *n̥ʰɯʔ) : phonetic 耳 (OC *njɯʔ) + semantic 心 (“heart”)
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ni (“red”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese နီ (ni, “red”), 怩 (OC *nil, “ashamed”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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恥
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chǐ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ trhiX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*n̥rəʔ/
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English
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shame; ashamed
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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恥
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2780
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Phonetic component
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耳
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Rime group
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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恥
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Old Chinese
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/*n̥ʰɯʔ/
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Definitions
恥
- (literary) to humiliate; to put to shame
- shame; disgrace; humiliation
- Synonym: 恥辱/耻辱 (chǐrǔ)
- 體壇之恥/体坛之耻 ― tǐtán zhī chǐ ― disgrace to the sports world
- ashamed
- Synonym: 羞愧 (xiūkuì)
Compounds
See also
Japanese
Kanji
恥
(Jōyō kanji)
- shame
- embarrassment
Readings
- Go-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
- Kun: はじ (haji, 恥, Jōyō)←はぢ (fadi, 恥, historical)、はじる (hajiru, 恥じる, Jōyō)←はぢる (fadiru, 恥ぢる, historical)、はじらう (hajirau, 恥じらう, Jōyō)←はぢらふ (fadirafu, 恥ぢらふ, historical)、はずかしい (hazukashii, 恥ずかしい, Jōyō)←はづかしい (fadukasii, 恥づかしい, historical)
- Nanori: はつる (hatsuru)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pantuy.
Pronunciation
Noun
恥 • (haji) ←はぢ (fadi)?
- shame
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
恥 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
恥: Hán Nôm readings: xỉ, sỉ
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