cán

variant of 慚|惭[can2]

ashamed

heart (忄) + cut (斩) = ashamed

忄 anchors the meaning in the heart, the seat of shame. 斩 contributes the sound cán and does not add semantic weight here.

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他做错了事,心里感到很愧。

tā zuò cuò le shì, xīn lǐ gǎn dào hěn cán kuì.

He did something wrong and felt very ashamed inside.

看到父母为自己付出那么多,她深感愧。

kàn dào fù mǔ wèi zì jǐ fù chū nà me duō, tā shēn gǎn cán kuì.

Seeing how much her parents had sacrificed for her, she felt deeply ashamed.

Words with 惭

自惭形秽

zì cán xíng huì

(idiom) to feel inferior; to feel inadequate

大言不惭

dà yán bù cán

to boast shamelessly

惭愧

cán kuì

ashamed

羞惭

xiū cán

a disgrace

More characters with 忄