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Chinese symbol for “indignity”

羞辱
xiū rǔ
to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for indignity is 羞辱 (xiū rǔ), defined as: to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

羞 xiū
shame, disgrace; shy, ashamed
radical 123 ⽺ · 10 strokes
辱 rǔ
to insult, to humiliate, to abuse
radical 161 ⾠ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 羞辱.

WordPinyinMeaning
害羞hài xiūshy; embarrassed
羞耻 (羞恥)xiū chǐ(a feeling of) shame
羞愧xiū kuìashamed
羞涩 (羞澀)xiū sèshy; bashful
蒙羞méng xiūto be shamed; to be humiliated
侮辱wǔ rǔto insult; to humiliate
耻辱 (恥辱)chǐ rǔdisgrace; shame
凌辱líng rǔto insult; to humiliate

See also: Japanese symbol for “indignity”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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