尷

See also: 尴

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 尢 + phonetic 監

Han character

尷 (radical 43 尢+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大山尸戈廿 (KUSIT), 大山尸一廿 (KUSMT), four-corner 4801₁, composition ⿸尢監)

1. embarrassed
2. ill at ease

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 299, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7624
• Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 557, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5C37

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Cantonese

Hanzi

尷 (simplified 尴, Jyutping gaam1, gaam3, Yale gaam1, gaam3)

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Japanese

Kanji

尷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かん (kan), けん (ken)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

尷 (simplified 尴, Pinyin gān (gan1), Wade-Giles kan¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尷 (giám)

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