丑 chǒu shameful; ugly; disgraceful

Made up of [一 yī one radical 1]
Alternative traditional form of character: 醜
Made with 4 strokes.

Original form was a bottle with an evil spirit suggesting a drunken malevolence the new form uses the character for a clown

Related characters


Also uses 一 yī component: 百 bǎi (hundred) 丙 bǐng (third in order) ; 不 bù (no; not) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 德 dé (virtue) ; 画 huà (to draw) ; 或 huò (maybe) ; 疆 jiāng (border) ; 开 kāi (begin) ; 丽 lì (beautiful) ; 两 liǎng (pair) ; 蒙 měng (Mongol) ; 灭 miè (to extinguish) ; 且 qiě (and) ; 世 shì (life) ; 与 yǔ (to give) ; 再 zài (again) ; 正 zhèng (correct)

Different tone

绸 chóu (silk)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 丑
Stroke order for character 丑, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Proverbs

家丑不可外扬 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng Keep family problems within the family