feel ashamed
羞 centers on the feeling of shame or embarrassment, often from a sense of personal shortcoming or exposure.
羞 combines ⺶ (a variant of 羊, sheep) with 丑, which likely contributes the sound. The idea of shame may derive from offering a sheep as a ritual gift, with the associated feeling of humility or embarrassment.
The top ⺶ looks like a sheep with horns, and the inside 丑 resembles a hand offering something. Imagine offering a sheep as a gift but feeling ashamed because it's not good enough.
For シュウ, picture a shy sheep: the 'sh' in shy and the 'ewe' sound combine to cue シュウ, while the sheep's embarrassed expression matches the meaning of shame.
shyness; bashfulness; shame
shyness; shame
secondhand embarrassment; vicarious embarrassment; third-party embarrassment
shyness
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
charming and coy
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
erotic humiliation; sexual humiliation; deliberate provocation of shame or embarrassment for erotic pleasure
shame and hatred of evil
photophobia
the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt
the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed