Chinese symbol for “shameful”
丑
chǒu
Traditional: 醜
shameful; ugly; disgraceful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shameful is 丑 (chǒu), defined as: shameful; ugly; disgraceful.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shameful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可耻 (可恥) | kě chǐ | shameful; disgraceful |
| 见不得人 (見不得人) | jiàn bu dé rén | shameful |
| 混账 (混賬) | hùn zhàng | shameful; absolutely disgraceful! |
| 寒碜 (寒磣) | hán chen | ugly; shameful |
| 觍 (覥) | tiǎn | shameful; shameless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑闻 (醜聞) | chǒu wén | scandal |
| 丑陋 (醜陋) | chǒu lòu | ugly |
| 小丑 | xiǎo chǒu | clown |
| 丑恶 (醜惡) | chǒu è | ugly; repulsive |
| 丑事 (醜事) | chǒu shì | scandal |
| 丑化 (醜化) | chǒu huà | to defame; to libel |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shameful”.
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.