chǐ
shame
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 恥
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
unembarrassed | ||
disgrace | ||
(a feeling of) shame | ||
shameful | ||
shame |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*n̥rəʔ | trhiX | chǐ | shame; ashamed |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 15.7617% of movies
1754th most common character in movies
2169th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6065 |
Shuowen | “恥，辱也。从心，耳聲。” |
Sources
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