羞

See also: 差 and 着

羞 U+7F9E, 羞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F9E ← 羝 [U+7F9D] CJK Unified Ideographs 羟 → [U+7F9F]

Translingual

Han character

羞 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿手弓土 (TQNG), four-corner 8021₅, composition ⿸⺶丑(G) or ⿱𦍌⿰丿丑(HTJK))

1. disgrace, shame
2. ashamed
3. shy

Derived characters

• 䡭 饈(馐) 鱃(𱈌)
• 𤨩 𬖱 𦟤 𦪋 𩘭 𥀞 𪅠 𫅡 𬚂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 952, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28471
• Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3128, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7F9E

Chinese

trad.		羞
simp. #		羞
alternative forms		𰃤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 羞
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (丑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃	*nuʔ, *nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	*nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻	*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	*njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *snu) : semantic 羊 + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ); phonetic previously 又. Not related to 差 or 着.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiū (xiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siû
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siu / chhiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siou
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹
    • Yale: syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou
    • Palladius: сю (sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: siu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu / chhiu
    • Tâi-lô: siu / tshiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw, chiw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³/, /t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

Note:

• siu - literary;
• chhiu - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: siu¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sjuw

Rime
Character	羞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息流切
Baxter	sjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/siu/
Shao Rongfen	/siəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suw/
Li Rong	/siu/
Wang Li	/sĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*snu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	羞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiū
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nu/
English	shame
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羞
Reading #	1/1
No.	1524
Phonetic component	丑
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	脩
Old Chinese	/*snu/

Definitions

羞

1. shy
2. ashamed
3. to shame

Compounds

• 不知羞
• 不羞見／不羞见
• 不識羞恥／不识羞耻
• 包羞忍恥／包羞忍耻
• 含羞 (hánxiū)
• 含羞忍辱
• 含羞草 (hánxiūcǎo)
• 嬌羞／娇羞 (jiāoxiū)
• 客囊羞澀／客囊羞涩
• 害羞 (hàixiū)
• 寒羞
• 庶羞
• 忍恥含羞／忍耻含羞
• 忍辱含羞
• 怯怯羞羞
• 怕羞 (pàxiū)
• 惱羞成怒／恼羞成怒 (nǎoxiūchéngnù)
• 惱羞變怒／恼羞变怒
• 時羞／时羞
• 月閉花羞／月闭花羞
• 桃羞杏讓／桃羞杏让
• 沒羞／没羞
• 沒羞沒臊／没羞没臊
• 滴羞篤速／滴羞笃速
• 滴羞跌屑
• 滴羞蹀躞
• 滴羞都蘇／滴羞都苏
• 滿面羞愧／满面羞愧
• 滿面羞慚／满面羞惭
• 珍羞
• 珍羞異饌／珍羞异馔
• 珍羞美味
• 甘羞
• 知羞識廉／知羞识廉
• 礙口飾羞／碍口饰羞
• 羞人 (xiūrén)
• 羞人答答
• 羞以牛後／羞以牛后
• 羞刀難入／羞刀难入
• 羞口
• 羞口羞腳／羞口羞脚
• 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
• 羞怒
• 羞怯怯
• 羞恥／羞耻 (xiūchǐ)
• 羞惡／羞恶
• 羞惱／羞恼 (xiūnǎo)
• 羞愧 (xiūkuì)
• 羞慚／羞惭 (xiūcán)
• 羞憤／羞愤
• 羞澀／羞涩 (xiūsè)
• 羞答答 (xiūdādā)
• 羞紅／羞红
• 羞羞答答 (xiūxiūdádá)
• 羞羞臉／羞羞脸
• 羞臊
• 羞與噲伍／羞与哙伍
• 羞與為伍／羞与为伍 (xiūyǔwéiwǔ)
• 羞花
• 羞花閉月／羞花闭月 (xiūhuābìyuè)
• 羞赧 (xiūnǎn)
• 羞辱 (xiūrǔ)
• 羞辱門楣／羞辱门楣
• 羞面見人／羞面见人
• 羞靨／羞靥
• 老羞成怒 (lǎoxiūchéngnù)
• 老羞變怒／老羞变怒
• 花見羞／花见羞
• 花閉月羞／花闭月羞
• 蒙羞 (méngxiū)
• 蔽月羞花
• 貽羞／贻羞
• 貽羞萬年／贻羞万年
• 遮羞 (zhēxiū)
• 遮羞布 (zhēxiūbù)
• 遮羞費／遮羞费
• 銜羞／衔羞
• 閉月羞花／闭月羞花 (bìyuèxiūhuā)
• 阮囊羞澀／阮囊羞涩 (ruǎnnángxiūsè)
• 餚羞／肴羞

 

See also

• 恥／耻 (chǐ)

References

• “羞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “羞”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 266.

Japanese

Kanji

羞

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: はじる (hajiru, 羞じる)、はずかしい (hazukashii, 羞ずかしい)、はじ (haji, 羞)、はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 羞める)、すすめる (susumeru, 羞める)

Compounds

• 羞恥(しゅうち) (shūchi)

Korean

Hanja

羞 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

羞: Hán Nôm readings: tu

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