恥 means “shame, embarrassment”

は · ha

Also: dishonor

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はじる, はじ, はじらう, はずかしい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チ

Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

The heart and ear stand together: shame is hearing the echo of our actions and feeling the weight of self-awareness.

Used in 恥ずかしい (hazukashii, embarrassing) and 恥 (haji, shame)

More from Feelings & Emotions

• 驚 surprise
• 寂 lonely
• 優 gentle
• 思 think
• 感 feel
• 懐 nostalgic
• 悲 sad
• 怒 anger
• 泣 cry
• 笑 laugh
• 好 like
• 痛 pain

Learn 恥 and more kanji free on Fuji Learning · All kanji

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