耻

(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

耳 (semantic, “ear”) + 止 (phonetic, zhǐ)

components: 耳止

shame · Heisig RSH #1972

耳 ear + footprint

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 止

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 止 (zhǐ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
止 sound component	zhǐ	to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
此	cǐ	this, these; in this case, then
扯	chě	to rip, to tear; to haul; casual talk
址	zhǐ	location, site; the foundation of a house
趾	zhǐ	toe; tracks, footprints
芷	zhǐ	an angelica herb
祉	zhǐ	blessings, happiness, good luck

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一雪前耻	yī xuě qián chǐ	to wipe away a humiliation (idiom)
不耻下问	bù chǐ xià wèn	not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇	hào xué jìn hū zhī , lì xíng jìn hū rén , zhī chǐ jìn hū yǒng	to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know…
病耻感	bìng chǐ gǎn	stigma attached to a disease
八荣八耻	Bā Róng Bā Chǐ	Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
报仇雪耻	bào chóu xuě chǐ	to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
不知羞耻	bù zhī xiū chǐ	to have no sense of shame; brazen
国耻	guó chǐ	national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and m…
无耻	wú chǐ	without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
可耻	kě chǐ	shameful; disgraceful; ignominious
奇耻大辱	qí chǐ dà rǔ	(idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment
礼义廉耻	lǐ yì lián chǐ	(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維…
厚颜无耻	hòu yán wú chǐ	shameless
荒淫无耻	huāng yín wú chǐ	shameless
知耻	zhī chǐ	to have a sense of shame
耻毛	chǐ máo	pubic hair
耻骨	chǐ gǔ	pubis; pubic bone
恬不知耻	tián bù zhī chǐ	to have no sense of shame
雪耻	xuě chǐ	to take revenge for a past insult; to expunge a disgrace or humiliation
耻笑	chǐ xiào	to sneer at sb; to ridicule