尲

尲 U+5C32, 尲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C32 ← 就 [U+5C31] CJK Unified Ideographs 尳 → [U+5C33]

Translingual

Han character

尲 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大山廿難金 (KUTXC), composition ⿺尢兼)

1. limp
2. be embarrassed

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 299, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7604
• Dae Jaweon: page 594, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 556, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C32

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尲
alternative forms		魐 𡰉 凲

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gān, jiān (gan¹, jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ, ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam³, gaam¹

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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)⁺
    • 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: gaam³, gaam¹
    • Yale: gaam, gāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam³, gaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam³, gam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³³/, /kaːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: keam

Rime
Character	尲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古咸切
Baxter	keam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨm/
Li Rong	/kɐm/
Wang Li	/kɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尲
Reading #	1/1
No.	6031
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	緘
Old Chinese	/*kreːm/

Definitions

尲

1. Original form of 尷／尴 (gān); only used in 尲尬 (jiānjiè).

Japanese

Kanji

尲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Vietnamese

Han character

尲: Hán Nôm readings: giám

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References

• Nom Foundation