慙

Information about character(s)

Radical: 心
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 15
Variants: 慚

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cán
Cantonese: caam4
JapaneseKun: HAJIRU HAJI
JapaneseOn: ZAN
Korean: CHAM

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: ashamed, humiliated; shameful

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《心部》慙媿也。从心斬聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集上】【心字部】慙
【唐韻】昨甘切【集韻】【韻會】財甘切，𠀤音㨻。【說文】愧也。【書·仲虺之誥】惟有慙德。又【小爾雅】不直失節謂之慙。