Chinese Character 尷 Meanings and components.

Form

尷

Meaning

尷 meaning[3] in English

Embarrassed.

Ill At Ease.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KUSIT

How to write 尷

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

尢 + 監 = 尷

尷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

尷
Pinyin:gan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Embarrassed . Ill At Ease
尢
Pinyin:you2
Meaning[3]: Lame
監
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Supervise . To Inspect . Jail . Prison
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen
亽
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 亼[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
*
Pinyin:*
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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