kuì

ashamed

heart (忄) + ghost (鬼) = ashamed

The heart radical carries the emotional weight here — a feeling that haunts you from within. 鬼 gives the sound kuì and lends an eerie, unsettling quality that suits the discomfort of shame.

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HeartSemantic
GhostPhonetic

他做错了事,感到非常惭

tā zuò cuò le shì, gǎn dào fēicháng cánkuì。

he did something wrong and felt very ashamed.

看到父母为自己付出那么多,她心里十分羞

kàn dào fùmǔ wèi zìjǐ fùchū nàme duō, tā xīnlǐ shífēn xiūkuì。

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

Words with 愧

不愧下学

bù kuì xià xué

not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)

不愧

bù kuì

to be worthy of

不愧不怍

bù kuì bù zuò

no shame, no subterfuge (idiom); just and honorable

俯仰无愧

fǔ yǎng wú kuì

to have a clear conscience

问心有愧

wèn xīn yǒu kuì

to have a guilty conscience

问心无愧

wèn xīn wú kuì

lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience

自愧不如

zì kuì bù rú

ashamed of being inferior (idiom)

自愧弗如

zì kuì fú rú

to feel ashamed at being inferior (idiom)

感愧

gǎn kuì

to feel gratitude mixed with shame

愧不敢当

kuì bù gǎn dāng

lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise.

愧对

kuì duì

to be ashamed to face (sb)

愧怍

kuì zuò

ashamed

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