Memory phrase for the character: 耻

耻

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Meaning shame, disgrace

Pronunciation

chǐ

Explanation

Left: ear 耳, right: to stop 止 (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一) (In traditional Chinese: 恥 with heart 心 its the derivation: "Into the ear 耳 rises (the blood) from the heart 心: you blush and are ashamed")

Mnemonic

If the ear "stops" (won't listen) then you are ashamed?

Radicals

耳	ear	Shows the picture of an ear (auricle / pinna)
止	stop, to end

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Vocabulary

耻辱	chǐ rǔ	disgrace; shame; humiliation
羞耻	xiū chǐ	(a feeling of) shame
无耻	wú chǐ	without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
可耻	kě chǐ	shameful; disgraceful; ignominious
可耻	kě chǐ

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