Chinese Character 耻 Meanings and components.

Form

耻

Meaning

耻 meaning[3] in English

Shame.

Disgrace.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 耻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ear (耳) , and to stop (止)

Its radical[1] is: 耳 (er3) which means: Ear, Handle (Archaeology), And That Is All (Classical Chinese), .耳er3ear

In cangjie it is written with SJYLM

How to write 耻

To write耻chi3shame you should write a combination of 耳er3ear , 止zhi3to stop arranged in a 吅 shape:

耳 + 止 = 耻

耻 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 耻 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 耻, looks as follow:

耻
Pinyin:chi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Shame . Disgrace
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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