耻

See also: 恥

Translingual

Han character

耻 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸十卜中一 (SJYLM), composition ⿰耳止)

Derived characters

• 𢲮, 𪪪, 𬚣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 966, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29019
• Dae Jaweon: page 1414, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2784, character 19
• Unihan data for U+803B

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Chinese

Etymology

Corrupted from 恥; first used in Eastern Han dynasty. Listed as an unorthodox form (俗字 (súzì)) in the Kangxi Dictionary. Superficially a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 耳 + phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ).

Officially adopted as simplified from 恥 in mainland China.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 耻 – see 恥 (“to humiliate; to put to shame; shame; disgrace; humiliation; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 恥).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

耻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 恥

Readings

• Go-on: ち (chi)
• Kan-on: ち (chi)
• Kun: はじ (haji, 耻); はじらう (hajirau, 耻じらう); はずかしい (hazukashii, 耻ずかしい); はじる (hajiru, 耻じる)

Noun

耻(はじ) • (haji) 

1. Alternative form of 恥

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Korean

Hanja

耻 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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