Kanji

辱

embarrass, humiliate, shame

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

辰部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ジョク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はずかしめる

Common Readings

ジョク, はずかし…める

Example sentences

屈辱 くつじょく
彼は試合に負けて、人生最大の屈辱を味わった。

He lost the match and tasted the greatest humiliation of his life.

韓信 かんしん
韓信は若き日の屈辱を耐え忍び、大将軍へと登り詰めた。

Han Xin endured the humiliations of his youth and eventually rose to become a Great General.

侮辱 ぶじょく
彼の言葉は彼女に対する大きな侮辱だった。

His words were a great insult to her.

辱める はずかしめる
卑怯な手段で勝つことは、騎士の誇りを辱める行為だ。

Winning by cowardly means is an act that disgraces a knight's pride.

黥首繫趾 げいしゅけいし
敗戦国の将軍は、黥首繫趾の辱めを受けることとなった。

The general of the defeated country was forced to endure the humiliation of being treated like a prisoner.

恥辱 ちじょく
彼は皆の前で恥辱を受けたが、黙って耐えた。

He was humiliated in front of everyone, but he endured it in silence.

雪辱 せつじょく
彼は次の試合で雪辱を果たすことを誓った。

He swore to clear his name in the next match.

Example Vocabulary

屈辱

くつじょく

humiliation; disgrace; insult; dishonor

侮辱

ぶじょく

insult; affront; slight

屈辱的

くつじょくてき

辱める

はずかしめる

to humiliate; to bring disgrace to; to violate

恥辱

ちじょく

humiliation; disgrace; dishonor

辱め

はずかしめ

陵辱

りょうじょく

凌辱

りょうじょく

雪辱

せつじょく

vindication; revenge (in a contest)

屈辱感

くつじょくかん

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