Sunday, November 12, 2023

Amazing Chinese Characters (638) Embarrassed - 尬

 The big seal script of character Embarrassed is

The left is character Nine (Post 443)

which means that a person kneeling down, bending his back, extending his arms forward, to explore inside of small hole, or crack which is too small to squeeze in; or he is trapped in the small space, couldn't get out. 

The right part is character Scables, indicating the person is searching the surface of the small hole, or crack. 

The situation, and the posture of the person is embarrassed because he has to twist his body, hopeless. 

The small seal script of character Embarrassed is

The left is character Dog (Post 116), which is a mistake. It should be character Nine like the one below

Mr. Li Si, the creator of the small seal, made a simple mistake.

The right is character Boundary, which is right.

The clerical script of character Embarrassed is 

The character Nine is on right and bottom, and character Boundary is on right.

The Pinyin of the character is Ga4.






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