尷 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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gān

embarrassed

Phonosemantic compound. 尢 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

尢 Meaning component

yóu, wāng

lame

監 Sound component

jiān, jiàn

watch carefully

Definitions

gān

embarrassed; ill at ease

Most common words with 尷

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	尴尬	awkward
	尴	embarrassed

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.4642% of movies

1808th most common character in movies

2726th most common character in books

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