尴尬
gān​gà HSK7

awkward

尴 gān embarrassed Simplified

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

尬 gà limp

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

Components

尢
尢 Meaning component
yóu, wāng lame
介
介 Sound component
jiè to lie between

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːds

說文解字

𡰉𡯗也。从尣介聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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