窘
jiǒng HSK7

embarrassed

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 君 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
君
君 Sound component
jūn ruler

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡrunʔ

說文解字

迫也。从穴君聲。

Sources

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