Kanken 1
怩

Meaning

Kanji 怩

shame

shame

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
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Onyomi 音読み
ジ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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Frequency
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Strokes
8
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
泥 • 尼 • 苨 • 抳 • 呢 • 坭 • 妮

Related vocabulary

3 common entries

Showing 3 of 3 entries that include this kanji.

内心忸怩

ないしんじくじ

ashamed deep down in one's heart

忸怩

じくじ

bashful

忸怩たる思い

じくじたるおもい

feelings of strong embarrassment (over one's own actions)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

失敗を人前で話すのを彼は怩じた。

He was ashamed to talk about his failure in front of others.

彼女は自分の無知を少し怩じていた。

She felt a little ashamed of her own ignorance.

彼は怩じることなく過去の過ちを認めた。

He admitted his past mistakes without shame.

そんなことで怩じる必要はない。

There is no need to feel ashamed about something like that.

彼は怩じてうつむいたままだった。

He kept his head down in shame.