怍
zuò

to be ashamed

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzaːɡ

說文解字

慙也。从心，作省聲。

Sources

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