辱 means “disgrace, humiliation”

じょく · joku

Also: embarrass, humiliate, shame

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はずかしめる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジョク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A small hand (寸) under 辰, the dragon of the zodiac: picture a dragon pinned down by one little hand, the ultimate disgrace. 侮辱 is an insult, 屈辱 humiliation, and 雪辱, washing away the shame, is a team avenging last year's loss.

Used in 侮辱 (bujoku, insult), 屈辱 (kutsujoku, humiliation), and 雪辱 (setsujoku, avenging a defeat)

More from Fear & Shame

• 慌 panic
• 惧 dread
• 嚇 menace
• 凄 tremendous
• 畏 awe
• 慄 shudder
• 臆 timid
• 虞 risk
• 羞 shame
• 焦 fret
• 脅 threaten

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.