Kanken 1
慚

Meaning

Kanji 慚

feel ashamed

feel ashamed

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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: 慙 (Formal) , 惭 (Itaiji)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
14
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
漸 • 暫 • 斬 • 塹 • 嶄 • 蔪 • 嶃

Related vocabulary

7 common entries

Showing 7 of 7 entries that include this kanji.

慙死

ざんし

dying of shame

慙愧

ざんき

(feeling of) shame

慚無い

ざんない

painful to watch

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

彼は自分の過ちを慚じていた。

He felt ashamed of his own mistake.

そんなことをしては慚じるべきだ。

If you do something like that, you should feel ashamed.

慚じた彼は目を合わせようとしなかった。

Ashamed, he would not meet anyone's eyes.

彼女は慚じながらも本当のことを話した。

Though ashamed, she still told the truth.

慚じる気持ちがあれば、やり直せる。

If you can still feel ashamed, you can still change yourself.