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恥 = 耳 + 心
恥 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shame”. It is built from 耳 (ear) and 心 (heart). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 886.
- Keyword
- shame
- RTK frame
- 886
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- チ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- は.じる, はじ, は.じらう, は.ずかしい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- стыд
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 恥 shame
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 恥 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ear” + “heart”. 恥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 恥 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.