辱
辱 — Embarrass
embarrass, humiliate, shame
On’yomiジョク (joku)
Kun’yomiはずかしめる (hazukashimeru)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 辱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屈辱 | くつじょく kutsujoku | disgrace; humiliation |
| 雪辱 | せつじょく setsujoku | vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss |
| 侮辱 | ぶじょく bujoku | insult; affront; slight |
| 恥辱 | ちじょく chijoku | disgrace; shame; insult |
Study notes
辱 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1769 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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