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Mythic Mandarin

惭愧 (cán kuì): meaning and stroke order

惭愧 (cán kuì) means ashamed.

惭愧

Simplified
惭愧
Traditional
慚愧
Pinyin
cán kuì

Stroke order of 惭愧

惭

  • cán variant of 慚|惭[can2]
  • cán ashamed
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 慙

Stroke by stroke

愧

  • kuì old variant of 愧[kui4]
  • kuì ashamed
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 媿

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 惭愧

  1. cán kuì Traditional 慚愧
    • ashamed

Radicals of the characters

惭
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 11 strokes · 忄 on the left, 斩 on the right
愧
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 12 strokes · 忄 on the left, 鬼 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

惭愧 in our stories

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  • 晋文公后来想起了这件事，十分惭愧，亲自上山去请，可是山高林密，怎么也找不到人。

    Jìn Wéngōng hòulái xiǎng qǐ le zhè jiàn shì shífēn cánkuì qīnzì shàngshān qù qǐng kěshì shān gāo Lín mì zěnme yě zhǎo bú dào rén

    When Duke Wen later remembered, he was deeply ashamed and went up the mountain himself to invite him back, but the mountain was high and the forest dense, and he could not find him.

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 鲁哀公读完，据说十分惭愧，可子张早已离开了鲁国。

    Lǔ Āigōng dú wán jùshuō shífēn cánkuì kě Zǐzhāng zǎoyǐ líkāi le Lǔguó

    It is said that when Duke Ai read it he was deeply ashamed, but Zizhang had long since left Lu.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 惭愧

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).