尴

lame figure (尢) + sound (监) = used in 尴尬, awkward and ill at ease

尢 depicts a limping, lame figure — someone off-balance and constrained. 监 contributes the sound gān; the awkwardness lives in the radical.

他说错话后感到很尴尬。

两个人都不说话，气氛有点尴尬。