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羞 = 羊 + 丑

羞 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “humiliate”. It is built from 羊 (sheep) and 丑 (sign of the cow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2198.

Keyword
humiliate
RTK frame
2198
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はじ.る, すすめ.る, は.ずかしい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
feel ashamed, унижать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
羞 disgrace

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 羊 sheep
  2. 丑 sign of the cow

How to find 羞 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sheep” + “sign of the cow”. 羞 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 羞 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.