Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1575 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: shame, dishonor

Kunyomi: は.じる はじ は.じらう は.ずかしい

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こころ

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

辱(ちじょく)   disgrace, shame

心(しゅうちしん)   shyness

厚顔無な(こうがんむちな)   brazen and unscrupulous

(はじ)   shame, embarrassment

ずかしい(はずかしい)   shy, be embarrassed

じる(はじる)   feel ashamed

Onyomi Examples

チジョク disgrace, shame, insult

チキュウ mons pubis, mons veneris

ムチ shameless

シュウチ shyness, bashfulness, shame

Kunyomi Examples

じる はじる to feel ashamed

はじ shame, embarrassment, disgrace

さらし はじさらし disgrace, shame

おおはじ great shame, great disgrace, harsh humiliation, deep embarrassment, unbearable loss of face

死に しにはじ dishonor that persists after death, shame at the moment of one's death

じらう はじらう to feel shy, to be bashful, to blush

ずかしい はずかしい embarrassing, embarrassed, ashamed, humiliated, shy, disgraceful, shameful