恥

音読おんよみ: チ

訓読くんよみ: はじる・はじ・はずかしい

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: 心（こころ）

Meaning

shame / embarrassment / disgrace

  • 恥はじ — shame; disgrace
  • 恥はじる — to feel ashamed
  • 恥はずかしい — embarrassed; shy
  • 羞恥心しゅうちしん — sense of shame; modesty; feeling of embarrassment
  • 恥辱ちじょく — humiliation; dishonor
  • 無恥むち — shameless; without a sense of shame
  • 恥部ちぶ — private parts (euphemistic; medical term)
  • 恥骨ちこつ — pubic bone

The 心 “heart” radical signals feelings, and 恥 centers on the emotion that arises when we recognize our faults — embarrassment or shame.

無

Pairing 恥 with 無 (none) makes 無恥 — “without shame,” shameless.

Everyday speech also says 恥知らず (not knowing shame), built from 恥 + 知る + ない. Both lean on the core idea of emotional awareness carried by the 心 radical.

恥部
Creates

恥部ちぶ — private parts (euphemistic; formal/medical contexts).

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