惭
Tap the pinyin to hear it
ashamed
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 心 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 慚
- Common rank
- #3,948
- Unicode
- U+60ED
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
conscience-stricken · Heisig RSH #2189
state of mind + 斩 hew
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 惭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大言不惭 | to boast shamelessly; to talk big | |
| 自惭形秽 | (idiom) to feel inferior; to feel inadequate | |
| 羞惭 | a disgrace; ashamed | |
| 惭愧 | ashamed |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 斩 — compare how they read.