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)Pronunciation
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