羞

See also: 差 and 着

羞	U+7F9E, 羞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F9E

← 羝
[U+7F9D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

羟 →
[U+7F9F]

Translingual

Han character

羞 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+4, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 廿手弓土 (TQNG), four-corner 8021₅, composition ⿸⺶丑(G) or ⿱𦍌⿰丿丑(HTJK))

Derived characters

䡭, 饈 (馐), 鱃 (𱈌)

Additional Derived Characters

𤨩, 𦟤, 𬖱, 𦪋, 𩘭, 𥀞, 𪅠, 𫅡, 𬚂

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 952, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28471
Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3128, character 7
Unihan data for U+7F9E

Chinese

trad.		羞
simp. ^#		羞
alternative forms		𰃤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 羞
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (丑) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	nuʔ, tnuʔ
狃	nuʔ, nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	nuʔ, nuɡ
杻	nuʔ, n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	njuʔ, nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	nuɡ, njuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *snu): semantic 羊 + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ); phonetic previously 又. Not related to 差 or 着.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiū (xiu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siû

(Hailu, HRS): siu^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): siŭ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siu / chhiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): siu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siou
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹
  - Yale: syōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou
  - Palladius: сю (sju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau¹
  - Yale: sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: siu^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /siu⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siu¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu / chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: siu / tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw, chiw
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³/, /t͡sʰiu³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

Note:

siu - literary;
chhiu - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: siu¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/

Middle Chinese: sjuw

Rime
Character	羞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息流切
Baxter	sjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/siu/
Shao Rongfen	/siəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suw/
Li Rong	/siu/
Wang Li	/sĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nu/

(Zhengzhang): /*snu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	羞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiū
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nu/
English	shame
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羞
Reading #	1/1
No.	1524
Phonetic component	丑
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	脩
Old Chinese	/*snu/

Definitions

羞

Compounds

References

“羞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “羞”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 266.

Japanese

Kanji

羞

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しゅ (shu)
Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
Kun: はじる (hajiru, 羞じる)^{←はぢる (fadiru, 羞ぢる, historical)}、はずかしい (hazukashii, 羞ずかしい)^{←はづかしい (fadukasii, 羞づかしい, historical)}、はじ (haji, 羞)^{←はぢ (fadi, 羞, historical)}、はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 羞める)^{←はづかしめる (fadukasimeru, 羞める, historical)}、すすめる (susumeru, 羞める)

Compounds

羞(しゅう)恥(ち) (shūchi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
羞
はじ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 羞 – see the following entry.

【恥はじ】S

[noun] shame

Alternative spellings
耻, 辱, 恥じ

(This term, 羞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

羞 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

羞: Hán Nôm readings: tu

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