尬
gà
(bound form) embarrassing; awkward
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
embarrassed · Heisig RSH #2500
Frankenbowser + 介 introduce
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 尬
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尬电 | (Tw) (Internet slang) (loanword) goddamn | |
| 尬意 | (Tw) to like; to prefer | |
| 尬笑 | (coll.) to laugh or smile out of awkwardness | |
| 尬舞 | (slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds sim… | |
| 尬聊 | (slang) awkward conversation; to have a cringeworthy conversation | |
| 尴尬 | awkward; embarrassed |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 介 — compare how they read.