耻
chǐ HSK7

shame

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 止 represents the sound. Simplified form of 恥.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
止
止 Sound component
zhǐ (foot), stop

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

恥 chǐ shame Traditional

Components

耳
耳 Unknown component
ěr ear
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhiXn̥ rəʔshame; ashamed
Zhengzhangn̥ʰɯʔ
Unicodetjiə̌

說文解字

辱也。从心耳聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)