丑
clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,449 U+4E11
How 丑 is formed
How to remember it
clown · Heisig RSH #1486
needle + key
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 丑 as their sound component
These characters all use 丑 (chǒu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑 sound component | chǒu | ugly; shameful; comedian, clown |
| 纽 | niǔ | knot; button, handle; tie |
| 扭 | niǔ | to turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize |
| 钮 | niǔ | button, knob; surname |
| 妞 | niū | girl |
| 忸 | niǔ | blushing, bashful, ashamed |
| 狃 | niǔ | greedy, covetous; accustomed to |
Words containing 丑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家丑不可外传 | jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán | lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in … |
| 丑话说在前头 | chǒu huà shuō zài qián tou | let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank |
| 家丑不可外扬 | jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng | lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in … |
| 丑人多作怪 | chǒu rén duō zuò guài | (saying) unattractive or untalented people tend to make spectacles of themselves |
| 奇丑无比 | qí chǒu wú bǐ | extremely ugly; incomparably hideous |
| 小丑鱼 | xiǎo chǒu yú | clownfish; anemonefish |
| 丑妻近地家中宝 | chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo | an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom) |
| 子不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 | zǐ bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín | see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫[er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2] |
| 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 | ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín | a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for b… |
| 子丑 | zǐ chǒu | first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支; by ext., the earthly branches |
| 丑国 | Chǒu guó | (slang) United States; USA; US |
| 小丑 | xiǎo chǒu | clown |
| 家丑 | jiā chǒu | family scandal; skeleton in the closet |
| 丑化 | chǒu huà | to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear; to vilify |
| 丑行 | chǒu xíng | scandal |
| 出丑 | chū chǒu | to make a fool of oneself |
| 丑事 | chǒu shì | scandal |
| 丑时 | chǒu shí | 1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 丑相 | chǒu xiàng | ugly expression; unsightly manners |
| 丑角 | chǒu jué | clown role in opera; clown; buffoon |