尬

尬	U+5C2C, 尬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C2C

← 尫
[U+5C2B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

尭 →
[U+5C2D]

Translingual

Han character

尬 (radical 43, 尢+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大山人中中 (KUOLL), four-corner 4801₂, composition ⿺尢介)

References

KangXi: page 298, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7560

Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 18

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 553, character 10

Unihan data for U+5C2C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (介) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
妎	ɡaːds, ɡeːds
芥	*kreːds
尬	*kreːds
界	*kreːds
介	*kreːds
疥	*kreːds
玠	*kreːds
砎	kreːds, kreːd, *ɡraːd
魪	*kreːds
价	*kreːds
衸	kreːds, ɡreːds
齘	*ɡreːds
骱	ɡaːd, kreːd
扴	*kreːd
圿	*kreːd
忦	*kreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kreːds) : semantic 尢 + phonetic 介 (OC *kreːds).

Etymology 1

See 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gà, jiè (ga⁴, jie⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ, ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³
Min Nan (POJ): kài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gà
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ka⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gah
  - IPA ^(key): /kä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chieh⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai³
  - Yale: gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai³
  - IPA ^(key): /käːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
  - Tâi-lô: kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaɪ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /kˠɛi^H/▼

Rime
Character	尬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古拜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/kɛi^H/
Wang Li	/kɐi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiè

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kreːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尬
Reading #	1/1
No.	6523
Phonetic component	介
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	誡
Old Chinese	/*kreːds/

Definitions

尬

Only used in 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà).
(neologism, Mainland China, slang) Short for 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà).

Compounds

不尷不尬／不尴不尬
不尷尬／不尴尬

尬聊 (gàliáo)
尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà)

尷尬局面／尴尬局面
處境尷尬／处境尴尬 (chǔjìnggāngà)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Min Nan 較.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gà (ga⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gà
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ka⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gah
  - IPA ^(key): /kä⁵¹/

Definitions

尬

(neologism) to compete

Compounds

尬歌 (gàgē)

尬舞 (gàwǔ)

尬酒

Japanese

Kanji

尬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): かい (kai), かつ (katsu), けち (kechi)

Kun: あしなえ (ashinae)

Vietnamese

Han character

尬 (giới)

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