愧 — Chinese character
愧
kuì
ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience
- Pinyin
- kuì
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 忄 鬼
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 鬼
- Japanese
- 愧 as a kanji
Common words with 愧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惭愧 (慚愧) | cán kuì | ashamed |
| 羞愧 | xiū kuì | ashamed |
| 不愧 | bù kuì | to be worthy of; to deserve to be called |
| 当之无愧 (當之無愧) | dāng zhī wú kuì | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) |
| 愧疚 | kuì jiù | to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful |
| 无愧 (無愧) | wú kuì | to have a clear conscience; to feel no qualms; to be worthy of (sth) |
| 问心无愧 (問心無愧) | wèn xīn wú kuì | lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience |
| 愧对 (愧對) | kuì duì | to be ashamed to face (sb); to feel bad about having failed (sb) |
| 愧色 | kuì sè | ashamed look |
| 自愧不如 | zì kuì bù rú | ashamed of being inferior (idiom); to feel inferior to others |
| 羞愧难当 (羞愧難當) | xiū kuì nán dāng | to feel ashamed (idiom) |
| 问心有愧 (問心有愧) | wèn xīn yǒu kuì | to have a guilty conscience |
English words written with 愧
愧 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 5 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Mencius 7A.20
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 36
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