恥

恥 — shame, dishonor

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 10
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1575 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ち chi
Kun'yomi: は.じる ha.jiru

はじ haji

は.じらう ha.jirau

は.ずかしい ha.zukashii

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 恥

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