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))

1. disgrace, shame
2. ashamed
3. shy

Derived characters

• 䡭 饈(馐) 鱃(𱈌)
• 𤨩 𬖱 𦟤 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

	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

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

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

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

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/

• 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

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• 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
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³/, /t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

Note:

• siu - literary;
• chhiu - vernacular.

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

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• Middle Chinese: sjuw

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*snu/

Definitions

羞

1. shy
2. ashamed
3. to shame

Compounds

• 不知羞
• 不羞見 / 不羞见
• 不識羞恥 / 不识羞耻
• 包羞忍恥 / 包羞忍耻
• 含羞 (hánxiū)
• 含羞忍辱
• 含羞草 (hánxiūcǎo)
• 嬌羞 / 娇羞 (jiāoxiū)
• 客囊羞澀 / 客囊羞涩
• 害羞 (hàixiū)
• 寒羞
• 庶羞
• 忍恥含羞 / 忍耻含羞
• 忍辱含羞
• 怯怯羞羞
• 怕羞 (pàxiū)
• 惱羞成怒 / 恼羞成怒 (nǎoxiūchéngnù)
• 惱羞變怒 / 恼羞变怒
• 時羞 / 时羞
• 月閉花羞 / 月闭花羞
• 桃羞杏讓 / 桃羞杏让
• 沒羞 / 没羞
• 沒羞沒臊 / 没羞没臊
• 滴羞篤速 / 滴羞笃速
• 滴羞跌屑
• 滴羞蹀躞
• 滴羞都蘇 / 滴羞都苏
• 滿面羞愧 / 满面羞愧
• 滿面羞慚 / 满面羞惭
• 珍羞
• 珍羞異饌 / 珍羞异馔
• 珍羞美味
• 甘羞
• 知羞識廉 / 知羞识廉
• 礙口飾羞 / 碍口饰羞
• 羞人 (xiūrén)
• 羞人答答
• 羞以牛後 / 羞以牛后
• 羞刀難入 / 羞刀难入
• 羞口
• 羞口羞腳 / 羞口羞脚
• 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
• 羞怒
• 羞怯怯
• 羞恥 / 羞耻 (xiūchǐ)
• 羞惡 / 羞恶
• 羞惱 / 羞恼 (xiūnǎo)
• 羞愧 (xiūkuì)
• 羞慚 / 羞惭 (xiūcán)
• 羞憤 / 羞愤
• 羞澀 / 羞涩 (xiūsè)
• 羞答答 (xiūdādā)
• 羞紅 / 羞红
• 羞羞答答 (xiūxiūdádá)
• 羞羞臉 / 羞羞脸
• 羞臊
• 羞與噲伍 / 羞与哙伍
• 羞與為伍 / 羞与为伍 (xiūyǔwéiwǔ)
• 羞花
• 羞花閉月 / 羞花闭月 (xiūhuābìyuè)
• 羞赧 (xiūnǎn)
• 羞辱 (xiūrǔ)
• 羞辱門楣 / 羞辱门楣
• 羞面見人 / 羞面见人
• 羞靨 / 羞靥
• 老羞成怒 (lǎoxiūchéngnù)
• 老羞變怒 / 老羞变怒
• 花見羞 / 花见羞
• 花閉月羞 / 花闭月羞
• 蒙羞 (méngxiū)
• 蔽月羞花
• 貽羞 / 贻羞
• 貽羞萬年 / 贻羞万年
• 遮羞 (zhēxiū)
• 遮羞布 (zhēxiūbù)
• 遮羞費 / 遮羞费
• 銜羞 / 衔羞
• 閉月羞花 / 闭月羞花 (bìyuèxiūhuā)
• 阮囊羞澀 / 阮囊羞涩 (ruǎnnángxiūsè)
• 餚羞 / 肴羞

See also

• 恥／耻 (chǐ)

References

• “羞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 羞

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)、はずかしい (hazukashii, 羞ずかしい)、はじ (haji, 羞)、はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 羞める)、すすめる (susumeru, 羞める)

Compounds

• 羞恥(しゅうち) (shūchi)

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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