Hanja Analyzer
慙

慙 — cham

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
부끄러울 참
Romanization
cham
English
ashamed, humiliated; shameful
Mandarin
cán
Japanese on'yomi
ザン, サン
Japanese kun'yomi
はじ はじ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Variant forms
慚
Radical
心 (61, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
斬(참)
Unicode
U+6159

Parts that make up 慙

  • 斬 벨 참sound 수레와 도끼베는 일. ‘참’ 계열의 소리
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 慙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 慙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 斬, 心.

Korean example words with 慙

  • 참괴慙愧 Korean gloss: 매우 부끄러워함
  • 괴참愧慙 Korean gloss: 몹시 부끄러워함.
  • 참수慙羞 Korean gloss: 매우 부끄러워함.
  • 참덕慙德 Korean gloss: 임금이 저지른 잘못.
  • 참회慙悔 Korean gloss: 부끄러워하여 뉘우침.
  • 참한慙汗 Korean gloss: 부끄러워서 흘리는 땀.
  • 참복慙伏 Korean gloss: 부끄러워서 머리를 숙임.
  • 참분慙憤 Korean gloss: 부끄러워하며 분하게 여김.
  • 참색慙色 Korean gloss: 얼굴에 나타나는 부끄러워하는 기색.
  • 참한하다慙恨 Korean gloss: 부끄럽고 한스럽다.
  • 참괴무면하다慙愧無面 Korean gloss: 부끄러워서 볼 낯이 없다
  • 참개하다慙慨 Korean gloss: 몹시 부끄러워서 개탄하다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 慙

  • 慙愧ざんき shame; compunction; remorse
  • 慙死ざんし dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die

Characters sharing the phonetic 斬

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “참” in Korean.

Other hanja read “참”

Other hanja with radical 心

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences