# 恥 disgrace

耳 (ear) + 心 (heart)
★★★★☆
10 strokes

## Onyomi

CHI | I got embarrassed when I cut the CHEESE in front of Lemmy.

## Mnemonic

| When the ear hears the disgraceful story, the heart feels embarrassment.

## Kunyomi

は*ずかしい | embarrassed! (or, this being Japan, pretending to be embarrassed!) ★★★★☆
はじ | a disgrace! (usually used like 恥をかける） NUBI ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

恥ずかしがり屋(はずかしがりや) | someone who gets embarrassed easily. ★★★☆☆ 恥 (disgrace) + 屋 (store) = 恥ずかしがり屋 (someone who gets embarrassed easily.)
恥をかく(はじをかく) | embarrass one's self ★☆☆☆☆ to embarrass one's self. (You can't say this about yourself, in the manner of, "OH! I fucked up!" But you can say はじをかいた! to someone else, like a mother scolding a child who doesn't know it's impolite to yell "POOOPY POOOPY!")
恥知らず(はじしらず) | shameless ★☆☆☆☆ 恥 (disgrace) + 知 (know) = 恥知らず (shameless) shameless (literally, "Not knowing the meaning of shame")