Chinese Character 尬 Meanings and components.

Form

尬

Meaning

尬 meaning[3] in English

Embarrassing.

Awkwardly.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 尬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lame (尢) , and to introduce (介)

Its radical[1] is: 尢 (you2) which means: Lame, .尢you2lame

In cangjie it is written with KUOLL

How to write 尬

To write尬ga4embarrassing you should write a combination of 尢you2lame , 介jie4to introduce arranged in a 吅 shape:

尢 + 介 = 尬

尬 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 尬 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 尬, looks as follow:

尬
Pinyin:ga4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Embarrassing . Awkwardly
尢
Pinyin:you2
Meaning[3]: Lame
介
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Introduce . To Lie Between . Between . Shell . Armor
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
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Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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