羞 — Chinese character
羞
xiū
shame, disgrace; shy, ashamed
- Pinyin
- xiū
- Radical
- 123 ⽺ (Sheep)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 羊 丑
- Formation
- ideographic — An ugly 丑 sheep 羊
- Japanese
- 羞 as a kanji
Common words with 羞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羞辱 | xiū rǔ | to humiliate; to shame |
| 害羞 | hài xiū | shy; embarrassed |
| 羞耻 (羞恥) | xiū chǐ | (a feeling of) shame |
| 羞愧 | xiū kuì | ashamed |
| 羞涩 (羞澀) | xiū sè | shy; bashful |
| 蒙羞 | méng xiū | to be shamed; to be humiliated |
| 娇羞 (嬌羞) | jiāo xiū | bashful; shy |
| 恼羞成怒 (惱羞成怒) | nǎo xiū chéng nù | (idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation |
| 羞怯 | xiū qiè | shy; timid |
| 含羞草 | hán xiū cǎo | mimosa; sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) |
| 不知羞耻 (不知羞恥) | bù zhī xiū chǐ | to have no sense of shame; brazen |
| 遮羞布 | zhē xiū bù | loincloth; (fig.) fig leaf |
English words written with 羞
羞 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 7
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.