尷

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: 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

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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, OC *kreːm) : semantic 尢 + phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gān, jiān (gan¹, jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ, ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaam¹, gaam³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gam¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kâm / kâng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gam¹

• Min Dong (BUC): găng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gam³

• Wu (Wiktionary): ke (T1)

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• 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): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm / kâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam´ / gang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ / gang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴/, /kaŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kam⁴⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: găng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ke (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke̞⁵³/

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• 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

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

Compounds

不尷不尬／不尴不尬 (bùgānbùgà) 不尷尬／不尴尬

尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà) 尷尬局面／尴尬局面

尷尬頭浪／尴尬头浪 處境尷尬／处境尴尬 (chǔjìnggāngà)

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Japanese

Kanji

尷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan), けん (ken)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尷: Hán Nôm readings: giám

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