Chinese Character Wiki
辱

rǔ

humiliate

Original meaning: 

to use a farming tool for weeding

Depicts a hand (寸) using a farming tool (辰) to remove dirty weeds. Based on the original meaning "to use a farming tool for weeding", now written as 耨. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "disgrace" and "humiliate".

Components
辰 iconic component

辰  Iconic component

chén

  

early morning

Depicts a farming tool.

寸 iconic component

寸  Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Evolution

辱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
辱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
辱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

辱  

rǔ

humiliate, insult, abuse; disgrace; dishonor; to insult; to bring disgrace or humiliation to; to be indebted to; self-deprecating; Taiwan pr. [rù]

Most common words with 辱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

侮辱

to insult

羞辱

to baffle

耻辱

disgrace

荣辱

reputation

辱

disgrace

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (1 verified)

耨 褥 縟 缛 溽 蓐 媷

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

耨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nok

nyowk

rǔ

disgrace


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 19.2215% of movies

1579th most common character in movies

1907th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+8FB1

Shuowen

“辱，耻也。从寸在辰下。失耕時，於封畺上戮之也。辰者，農之時也。故房星為辰，田候也。”


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