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Embarrass

On’yomiじょく
Kun’yomiはずかし.める
MeaningsEmbarrass, Humiliate, Shame
JLPT N1 10 strokes #1720 most common Secondary school Radical morning
書き順 · Stroke order

How to write 辱

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分解 · What it is made of

The parts of 辱

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部首 · Radical

The radical of 辱

Radical 161 of 214
Morning

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 辱 is filed under (morning) — radical number 161 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

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Embarrass じょく はずかし.める
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熟語 · In real words

Words that use 辱

Kanji are almost never met alone. These are the most common words built from this character, ordered by how often they actually appear in Japanese.

雪辱 せつじょく vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss
屈辱 くつじょく disgrace; humiliation
侮辱 ぶじょく insult; affront; slight
恥辱 ちじょく disgrace; shame; insult
国辱 コクジョク national disgrace
辱知 ジョクチ acquaintance
汚辱 オジョク disgrace, humiliation, insult
栄辱 エージョク honor and-or shame (honour)
忍辱 ニンニク forbearance (in the face of difficulty, persecution, etc.); garlic
陵辱 リョージョク insult, affront, disgrace, indignity; sexual assault, rape
同音 · Sound-alikes

Kanji that sound like 辱

Japanese has far more kanji than syllables, so one reading is shared by many characters. These are the ones you will confuse with 辱 — learn them together, not separately.

画数 · 10 strokes

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頻度 · Frequency

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辱 is the 1720th most common kanji in written Japanese. Learning in frequency order is the fastest route to reading real text.

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質問 · Questions

About the kanji 辱

What does the kanji 辱 mean?

辱 means Embarrass, Humiliate, Shame. It is the 1720th most common kanji in written Japanese.

How do you read the kanji 辱?

辱 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) じょく; kun'yomi (native Japanese) はずかし.める.

How many strokes does 辱 have?

辱 is written with 10 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What level is the kanji 辱?

It appears at JLPT level N1, and Japanese schoolchildren learn it in secondary school.

What is the radical of 辱?

The radical of 辱 is 辰 (morning), radical number 161 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.

What parts is the kanji 辱 made of?

辱 is built from 辰 (sign of the dragon) and 寸 (measurement). Learning kanji as combinations of a few hundred reusable components is far more efficient than memorising each character as a separate shape.

What words use the kanji 辱?

Common words written with 辱 include 雪辱 (せつじょく, vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss); 屈辱 (くつじょく, disgrace; humiliation); 侮辱 (ぶじょく, insult; affront; slight).

Which kanji sound the same as 辱?

辱 shares a reading with 濁 (じょく), among others. Same-sounding kanji are one of the most common sources of confusion in Japanese.

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