慙
cán
ashamed
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Most common words with 慙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
ashamed | ||
ashamed | ||
to talk big | ||
to feel inferior | ||
a disgrace |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[dz]ˤam | dzam | cán | ashamed |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.4828% of movies
2937th most common character in movies
2943rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6159 |
Shuowen | “慙，媿也。从心，斬聲。” |
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