Japanese Kanji

joku

embarrass · humiliate · shame

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 10 strokes

Readings

  • ONジョクjoku
  • KUNはずかし.めるhazukashi

Meaning

Embarrass, humiliate, shame.

Stroke order for 辱

辱 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 10 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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