尷

See also: 尴 and 尶

尷	U+5C37, 尷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C37

← 尶
[U+5C36]

CJK Unified Ideographs

尸 →
[U+5C38]

Translingual

Han character

尷 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大山尸戈廿 (KUSIT) or 大山尸一廿 (KUSMT), four-corner 4801₁, composition ⿸尢監)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 299, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7624
Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 557, character 15
Unihan data for U+5C37

Chinese

trad.		尷
simp.		尴
alternative forms		尶尲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
譧	*r'eːms
賺	*r'eːms
尲	*kreːm
鹻	*kreːmʔ
歉	kʰreːms, kʰreːmʔ, kʰeːmʔ, kʰeːms
槏	*kʰreːmʔ
鰜	ɡreːm, keːm
稴	ɡreːm, ɡ·reːm, ɡ·reːmʔ, ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏	ɡreːmʔ, ɡreːms
甉	ɡreːmʔ, ɡraːm
廉	*ɡ·rem
鎌	*ɡ·rem
鬑	ɡ·rem, ɡ·reːm
鐮	*ɡ·rem
簾	*ɡ·rem
薕	ɡ·rem, ɡ·reːm
蠊	*ɡ·rem
嬚	*ɡ·remʔ
溓	ɡ·remʔ, ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰	*kʰremʔ
隒	*ŋɡremʔ
熑	*ɡ·reːm
濂	*ɡ·reːm
燫	*ɡ·reːm
兼	keːm, keːms
縑	*keːm
鶼	*keːm
蒹	*keːm
搛	*keːm
謙	*kʰeːm
膁	*kʰeːmʔ
嗛	*kʰeːmʔ
慊	kʰeːmʔ, kʰeːb
傔	*kʰeːms
馦	*qʰeːm
嫌	*ɡeːm
鼸	*ɡeːmʔ
尷	*kreːm

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːm) : semantic 尢 + phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gān, jiān (gan¹, jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ, ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaam¹ / gaam³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kâm / kâng

(Meixian, Guangdong): gam¹
Eastern Min (BUC): găng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kam

(Teochew, Peng'im): gam³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ke

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gan
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹
  - Yale: gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
  - Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jian
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹
  - Yale: jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaam¹ / gaam³
  - Yale: gāam / gaam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaam¹ / gaam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gam¹ / gam³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm⁵⁵/, /kaːm³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm / kâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ / gang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ / gang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴/, /kaŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gam¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kam⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: găng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam
  - Tâi-lô: kam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gam³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ke
  - MiniDict: ke^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ke
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ke⁵³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kreːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尷
Reading #	1/1
No.	6102
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	緘
Old Chinese	/*kreːm/
Notes	尲晚起字體

Definitions

尷

Only used in 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà, “embarrassed; embarrassing”).
(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Short for 尷尬.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

尷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): かん (kan)、けん (ken)

Vietnamese

Han character

尷: Hán Nôm readings: giám

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