How to write 惭

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Meaning of 惭

Pinyin cán

Radical

忄

Strokes

Definition

ashamed

Usage

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惭慚 cán [形] 【本义】: 羞愧【Original Meaning】: Shame and guilt 【造字法】: 形声。从心，斩声。【Character Formation】: A phonetic compound, combining the heart component with a sound component. 【引】 1 《说文》：慙，媿也。 1 “Shuowen”: 慙 means to feel ashamed. 2 《小尔雅》：不直失节谓之慙。 2 “Xiǎo Éryǎ”: Losing integrity is called 慙. 3 清· 彭端淑《为学一首示子侄》：富者有惭色。 3 Qing Dynasty, Peng Duanshu's “A Poem for Teaching”: The wealthy show a countenance of shame. 4 《后汉书·列女传》：羊子大惭。 4 “Book of the Later Han”: Yang Zi felt great shame. 【例】【Examples】又如: 大言不惭; 惭叹(惭愧感叹) Such as: speaking boldly without shame; feeling ashamed and sighing (expressing a feeling of guilt).

惭愧 cán kuì

ashamed

羞惭 xiū cán

a disgrace / ashamed

大言不惭 dà yán bù cán

to boast shamelessly / to talk big

自惭形秽 zì cán xíng huì

to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom) / to feel inferior