# 尷

| 尷 | U+5C37, &#23607; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C37 |
| ← 尶 [U+5C36] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 尸 → [U+5C38] |

## Translingual
### Han character

尷 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大山尸戈廿 (KUSIT) or 大山尸一廿 (KUSMT), four-corner 4801$_1$, composition ⿸尢監)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 299, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7624
* Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 557, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5C37

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːm) : semantic 尢 + phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gān, jiān (gan$^1$, jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ, ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaam$^1$ / gaam$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gam$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kâm / kâng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gam$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): găng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kam
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gam$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ke
* 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, variant)
*** 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$^1$ / gaam$^3$
*** Yale: gāam / gaam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaam$^1$ / gaam$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gam$^1$ / gam$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːm⁵⁵/, /kaːm³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kam³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm / kâng
*** Hakka Romanization System: gam$^ˊ$ / gang$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gam$^1$ / gang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴/, /kaŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: găng
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam
*** Tâi-lô: kam
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kafm
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gam$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàm
*** Sinological IPA : /kam²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ke
*** MiniDict: ke$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ke
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ke⁵³/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːm/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 尷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6102 |
| Phonetic component | 兼 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 緘 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːm/ |
| Notes | 尲晚起字體 |

### Definitions

尷
* Only used in 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà, “embarrassed; embarrassing”).
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Short for 尷尬.

### Compounds

* 不尷不尬／不尴不尬 (bùgānbùgà)
* 不尷尬／不尴尬
* 尷尬／尴尬
* 尷尬頭浪／尴尬头浪

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

尷: Hán Nôm readings: giám
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