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 earShows the picture of an ear (auricle / pinna)
止 stop, to endAt top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."
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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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