慚
cán

ashamed

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 斬 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

斬
斬 Sound component
chop

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzam[dz]ˤamashamed
Zhengzhangzaːm
Unicodedzhɑm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

惭 cán ashamed Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 斩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 慚.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

斩
斩 Sound component
zhǎn, zhàn chop

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode