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尬

尬

Translingual

Han character

尬 (radical 43 尢+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大山人中中 (KUOLL), four-corner 48012, composition ⿺尢介)

References

  • KangXi: page 298, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7560
  • Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 553, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5C2C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 尬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (介) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妎 *ɡaːds, *ɡeːds
芥 *kreːds
尬 *kreːds
界 *kreːds
介 *kreːds
疥 *kreːds
玠 *kreːds
砎 *kreːds, *kreːd, *ɡraːd
魪 *kreːds
价 *kreːds
衸 *kreːds, *ɡreːds
齘 *ɡreːds
骱 *ɡaːd, *kreːd
扴 *kreːd
圿 *kreːd
忦 *kreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kreːds) : semantic 尢 + phonetic 介 ‎(OC *kreːds).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 尬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古拜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kəɨjH/
Li
Rong		 /kɛiH/
Wang
Li		 /kɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiè
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尬
Reading # 1/1
No. 6523
Phonetic
component		 介
Rime
group		 祭
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 誡
Old
Chinese		 /*kreːds/

Definitions

尬

  1. limp; staggering gait
  2. embarrassed

Compounds

  • 不尷不尬／不尴不尬
  • 不尷尬／不尴尬
  • 處境尷尬／处境尴尬

Japanese

Kanji

尬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Vietnamese

Han character

尬 (giới)

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