IDENTITY
丑chǒuugly; clown
HSK 3Top 900
CORE MEANING
ugly; clown
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.uglyHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 一one radical (yī)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 丑
USAGE
Common words
丑陋chǒulòuugly
小丑xiǎochǒuclown
Graded examples
他长得不丑。Tā zhǎng de bù chǒu.HSK4
He is not ugly.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A twisted hand — ugly. (From 醜, a wine-soaked face.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #900
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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