尷

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See also: 尴 and 尶
尷 U+5C37, 尷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C37
← 尶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尸 →

Translingual

Han character

尷 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大山尸戈廿 (KUSIT) or 大山尸一廿 (KUSMT), four-corner 48011, composition ⿸尢監)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 299, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7624
  • Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 557, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5C37

Chinese

trad. 尷
simp. 尴
alternative forms 尶
尲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譧 *r'eːms
賺 *r'eːms
尲 *kreːm
鹻 *kreːmʔ
歉 *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏 *kʰreːmʔ
鰜 *ɡreːm, *keːm
稴 *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉 *ɡ·rem
鎌 *ɡ·rem
鬑 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮 *ɡ·rem
簾 *ɡ·rem
薕 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊 *ɡ·rem
嬚 *ɡ·remʔ
溓 *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰 *kʰremʔ
隒 *ŋɡremʔ
熑 *ɡ·reːm
濂 *ɡ·reːm
燫 *ɡ·reːm
兼 *keːm, *keːms
縑 *keːm
鶼 *keːm
蒹 *keːm
搛 *keːm
謙 *kʰeːm
膁 *kʰeːmʔ
嗛 *kʰeːmʔ
慊 *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔 *kʰeːms
馦 *qʰeːm
嫌 *ɡeːm
鼸 *ɡeːmʔ
尷 *kreːm

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːm) : semantic 尢 + phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尷
Reading # 1/1
No. 6102
Phonetic
component 		兼
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		緘
Old
Chinese 		/*kreːm/
Notes 尲晚起字體

Definitions

尷

  1. Only used in 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà, “embarrassed; embarrassing”).
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Short for 尷尬.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

尷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)、けん (ken)

Vietnamese

Han character

尷: Hán Nôm readings: giám

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