10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

embarrass, humiliate, shame

Kun'yomi
  • to put to shame ②to rape
On'yomi
  • ジョク
    shame

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ジョク 95.1%
はずかしめる 4.9%

Character Breakdown

embarrass, humiliate, shame
ジョク はずかし.める (8th, N1)
sign of the dragon, 7-9AM, fifth sign of Chinese zodiac
たつ シン とき (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)

Contained In

Common Words

vindication of honor
insult ②sexual assault
(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)
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References

Unicode hex code 8FB1
JIS X 0208 1-31-11
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4655
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6007
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2736
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3400
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Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1904
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1462
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 38686
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1430
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1738
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1860
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1803
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1394
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1795
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1786
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 2028
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2p8.2
Four corner code 7134.3
De Roo Code 3348