# 尲

| 尲 | U+5C32, &#23602; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C32 |
| ← 就 [U+5C31] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 尳 → [U+5C33] |

## Translingual
### Han character

尲 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大山廿難金 (KUTXC), composition ⿺尢兼)
* limp
* be embarrassed

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 299, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7604
* Dae Jaweon: page 594, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 556, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5C32

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 譧 | *r'eːms |
| 賺 | *r'eːms |
| 尲 | *kreːm |
| 鹻 | *kreːmʔ |
| 歉 | *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms |
| 槏 | *kʰreːmʔ |
| 鰜 | *ɡreːm, *keːm |
| 稴 | *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm |
| 豏 | *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms |
| 甉 | *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm |
| 廉 | *ɡ·rem |
| 鎌 | *ɡ·rem |
| 鬑 | *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm |
| 鐮 | *ɡ·rem |
| 簾 | *ɡ·rem |
| 薕 | *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm |
| 蠊 | *ɡ·rem |
| 嬚 | *ɡ·remʔ |
| 溓 | *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ |
| 嵰 | *kʰremʔ |
| 隒 | *ŋɡremʔ |
| 熑 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 濂 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 燫 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 兼 | *keːm, *keːms |
| 縑 | *keːm |
| 鶼 | *keːm |
| 蒹 | *keːm |
| 搛 | *keːm |
| 謙 | *kʰeːm |
| 膁 | *kʰeːmʔ |
| 嗛 | *kʰeːmʔ |
| 慊 | *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb |
| 傔 | *kʰeːms |
| 馦 | *qʰeːm |
| 嫌 | *ɡeːm |
| 鼸 | *ɡeːmʔ |
| 尷 | *kreːm |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gān, jiān (gan$^1$, jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ, ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam$^3$ / gaam$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gān
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gan
*** Wade–Giles: kan$^1$
*** Yale: gān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
*** Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kän⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaam$^3$ / gaam$^1$
*** Yale: gaam / gāam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaam$^3$ / gaam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gam$^3$ / gam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːm³³/, /kaːm⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: keam
Rime :
| Character | 尲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 咸 (151) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古咸切 |
| Baxter | keam |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɐm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨm/ |
| Li Rong | /kɐm/ |
| Wang Li | /kɐm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kăm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaam$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːm/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 尲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6031 |
| Phonetic component | 兼 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 緘 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːm/ |

### Definitions

尲
* Original form of 尷／尴 (gān); only used in 尲尬 (jiānjiè).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かん (kan)、けん (ken)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

尲: Hán Nôm readings: giám
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#### References

* Nom Foundation