gān

embarrassed

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
尢 meaning component

  Meaning component

yóuwāng

  

lame

监 sound component

  Sound component

jiānjiàn

  

watch carefully

Evolution

尴 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
尴 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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gān

embarrassed; ill at ease

Most common words with 尴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尴尬

awkward

embarrassed