尬

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 尢 + phonetic 介

Han character

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

1. limp, staggering gait
2. embarrass

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

尬 (Yale gaai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

尬

Readings

• On: かい (kai), かつ (katsu), けち (kechi)
• Kun: あしなえ (ashinae)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

尬 (pinyin gà (ga4), Wade-Giles ka⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尬 (giới)

Last modified on 10 October 2012, at 08:43