尴
gān HSK7

embarrassed

Phonosemantic compound. 尢 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 尷.

Components

尢
尢 Meaning component
yóu, wāng lame
监
监 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

尷 embarrassed Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 尢 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

尢
尢 Meaning component
yóu, wāng lame
監
監 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːm

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang