愧赧
kuì​nǎn

blush

愧 kuì ashamed

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 鬼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 媿.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

鬼
鬼 Sound component
guǐ ghost

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-SagartkwijH[k]ruj-sashamed
Zhengzhangkruls
Unicodegyuì

Sources

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

赧 nǎn blush

Components

赤
赤 Meaning component
chì red

red

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrnaːnʔ
Unicodenǎn

說文解字

面慙赤也。从赤𠬝聲。周失天下於赧王。

Sources

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