尷 (gān)

Embarrassed; awkward

How 尷 is written

Strokes
17
Radical
尢 — lame
Traditional
尷
Simplified
尴

Components

  • 尢 lame
  • 臣 minister/official
  • 丿 bend
  • 一 one
  • 丶 dot
  • 皿 dish

Common words using 尷

尷尬 gāngà
awkward; embarrassed

尷 in a sentence

遇到前男友讓她覺得很尷尬。

Yùdào qiánnányǒu ràng tā juéde hěn gāngà.

“Running into her ex-boyfriend made her feel very awkward.”

How common is 尷?

尷 is the 2,720th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.9% of all running text.

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