惭 — Chinese character
惭
cán
ashamed, humiliated; shameful
- Pinyin
- cán
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 忄 斩
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 斩
- Traditional
- 慚
Common words with 惭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惭愧 (慚愧) | cán kuì | ashamed |
| 大言不惭 (大言不慚) | dà yán bù cán | to boast shamelessly; to talk big |
| 自惭形秽 (自慚形穢) | zì cán xíng huì | (idiom) to feel inferior; to feel inadequate |
| 羞惭 (羞慚) | xiū cán | a disgrace; ashamed |
English words written with 惭
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.