Read Edit View history 尷 gān embarrassed Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 ChineseZhengzhangkreːm Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 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