<p>恥 (u+6065) should be treated as the authentic one.</p>

<p>in 說文解字，”恥” was explained as “辱也。从心，耳聲。“, which implied the radical is “心”, the phonetic hint is “耳“</p>

<p>since the 康熙字典，恥 is belonged to the radical 心 (61)</p>

<p>however, the simplification in “that area” chose 耻 (u+803b), which is belonged to the radical 耳 (128).</p>

<p>[rant]</p>

<ul>
<li>shame (恥) is a feeling, that the character has the radical 心 (radical 61) is more appropriate</li>
<li>耻 (u+803b) has the radical 耳 (radical 128), it departs from the tradition severely.</li>
</ul>

<p>[/rant]</p>

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<p><kbd>戰國・楚<br>簡<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6KKwx.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6KKwx.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br>緇衣.28<br>郭店楚簡</kbd><kbd><br>篆<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/2WbpV.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2WbpV.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br>心部<br>說文解字</kbd><kbd>東漢<br>隸<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3UK1g.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3UK1g.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br>樊敏碑<br>　</kbd><kbd>今<br>楷<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/oaoFN.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/oaoFN.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br><br>　</kbd></p>

<p>「恥」 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_%282014%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Baxter-Sagart OC</a>: <strong>/*n̥rəʔ/</strong>, <em>humiliation/shame</em>) is comprised of semantic <a href="http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=126" rel="nofollow noreferrer">「心」</a> (<em>heart, mind</em>) and phonetic <a href="http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=430" rel="nofollow noreferrer">「耳」</a> (<strong>/*C.nəʔ/</strong>).</p>

<p>During times when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script" rel="nofollow noreferrer">clerical script</a> was in active use, the 「心」 portion of the character was sometimes corrupted into an additional sound hint 「止」 (<strong>/*təʔ/</strong>). This produces the variant 「耻」, which is the target of PRC's standardisation scheme.</p>

<p><kbd>東漢<br>隸<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3UK1g.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3UK1g.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br>樊敏碑<br>　</kbd><kbd>東漢<br>隸<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0JFqD.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0JFqD.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br>孔宙碑<br>　</kbd><kbd>東漢<br>隸<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/2r6R1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2r6R1.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br>池陽令<br>　</kbd><kbd>今<br>楷<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lmYmK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lmYmK.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br><br>　</kbd></p>

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Why was 耻 “the target of PRC’s standardization scheme”?
Axel Tong
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@AxelTong I don't know. The PRC's standardisation documents don't really give comprehensive explanations most of the time. If I may make a wild guess, 耻 was chosen to reinforce the pronunciation of the word (耳 doesn't really fit the pronunciation of 恥 in Mandarin).
dROOOze
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<p>The meaning of the word is “shame”. I often encounter the version which is written with a 止, but sometimes I confuse it with 恥. It seems that the meanings of 耻 and 恥 are both the same, just that one is a simplified character and the other, traditional. </p>

<p>How did two versions of the same word come about, and why would one be considered “simplified”, given that the number of strokes are similar?</p>

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Maybe because one of them is made "official" during the simplification process. You can also call it a variant.
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What is the history of the character “耻”?
# What is the history of the character “耻”?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-24)

The meaning of the word is “shame”. I often encounter the version which is written with a 止, but sometimes I confuse it with 恥. It seems that the meanings of 耻 and 恥 are both the same, just that one is a simplified character and the other, traditional.

How did two versions of the same word come about, and why would one be considered “simplified”, given that the number of strokes are similar?

**Tags:** characters, etymology, simplified-characters, traditional-characters, glyph-origin

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Maybe because one of them is made "official" during the simplification process. You can also call it a variant.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-02-24. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

`戰國・楚  
簡  
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/6KKwx.png)  
緇衣.28  
郭店楚簡` `篆  
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/2WbpV.png)  
心部  
說文解字``東漢  
隸  
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/3UK1g.png)  
樊敏碑``今  
楷  
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/oaoFN.png)`

「恥」 ([Baxter-Sagart OC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_%282014%29): **/\*n̥rəʔ/**, *humiliation/shame*) is comprised of semantic [「心」](http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=126) (*heart, mind*) and phonetic [「耳」](http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=430) (**/\*C.nəʔ/**).

During times when [clerical script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script) was in active use, the 「心」 portion of the character was sometimes corrupted into an additional sound hint 「止」 (**/\*təʔ/**). This produces the variant 「耻」, which is the target of PRC's standardisation scheme.

`東漢  
隸  
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/3UK1g.png)  
樊敏碑``東漢  
隸  
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/0JFqD.png)  
孔宙碑``東漢  
隸  
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/2r6R1.png)  
池陽令``今  
楷  
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/lmYmK.png)`

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Why was 耻 “the target of PRC’s standardization scheme”?  
> **username_3**: @username_0 I don't know. The PRC's standardisation documents don't really give comprehensive explanations most of the time. If I may make a wild guess, 耻 was chosen to reinforce the pronunciation of the word (耳 doesn't really fit the pronunciation of 恥 in Mandarin).  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-02-24. Score: 1

恥 (u+6065) should be treated as the authentic one.

in 說文解字，”恥” was explained as “辱也。从心，耳聲。“, which implied the radical is “心”, the phonetic hint is “耳“

since the 康熙字典，恥 is belonged to the radical 心 (61)

however, the simplification in “that area” chose 耻 (u+803b), which is belonged to the radical 耳 (128).

[rant]

* shame (恥) is a feeling, that the character has the radical 心 (radical 61) is more appropriate
* 耻 (u+803b) has the radical 耳 (radical 128), it departs from the tradition severely.

[/rant]


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