Chinese Character 尴 Meanings and components.

Form

尴

Meaning

尴 meaning[3] in English

Embarrassed.

Ill At Ease.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KULIT

How to write 尴

To write尴gan1embarrassed you should write a combination of 尢you2lame , 监jian1to supervise arranged in a 吅 shape:

尢 + 监 = 尴

尴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

尴
Pinyin:gan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Embarrassed . Ill At Ease
尢
Pinyin:you2
Meaning[3]: Lame
监
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Supervise . To Inspect . Jail . Prison
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

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

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

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