Kanken 1

Meaning

Kanji 慙

ashamed

ashamed, humiliated, shameful

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
はじはじ.る
Onyomi 音読み
ザン
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: (Legal Form) , 惭 (Itaiji)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
15
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 7 common entries

Showing 7 of 7 entries that include this kanji.

恥じる

はじる

to feel ashamed

慙死

ざんし

dying of shame

慙愧

ざんき

(feeling of) shame

慚恚

ざんい

being ashamed and angry

慚愧にたえない

ざんきにたえない

deeply ashamed (of oneself)

無残

むざん

breaking a religious precept without shame

冷酷無残

れいこくむざん

cruel and heartless

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は自分の行いをじていた。

He felt ashamed of his own actions.

じることなく謝るのが大切だ。

It is important to apologize without shrinking from shame.

彼女はした表情でうつむいた。

She lowered her head with an ashamed expression.

人前で叱られて、彼はしい思いをした。

He felt humiliated when he was scolded in front of others.

そんないまねは二度としたくない。

I never want to do something so shameful again.