JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 辱: "embarrass, humiliate, shame"
The kanji 辱 means "embarrass, humiliate, shame". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ジョク in on'yomi and はずかし.める in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はずかし.める
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | embarrass, humiliate, shame |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1769 of 2,501 |
Common words with 辱
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 屈辱disgrace; humiliation
- 侮辱insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
- 恥辱disgrace; shame; insult
- 屈辱的humiliating
- 辱めるto humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to insult · to violate; to (sexually) assault; to rape
- 辱めshame; disgrace · (sexual) violation; rape
- 陵辱insult; affront; disgrace; indignity · sexual assault; rape
- 雪辱vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
- 屈辱感sense of humiliation
- 汚辱disgrace; humiliation; insult
- 侮辱的insulting; offensive
- 侮辱罪(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
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