愧

See also: 媿

愧 U+6127, 愧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6127 ← 愦 [U+6126] CJK Unified Ideographs 愨 → [U+6128]

Translingual

Han character

愧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心竹山戈 (PHUI), four-corner 9601₃, composition ⿰忄鬼)

Derived characters

• 𫻣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 396, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10982
• Dae Jaweon: page 734, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2329, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6127

Chinese

trad.		愧
simp. #		愧
alternative forms		媿 聭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
謉	*tkuːlʔ, *krul
瑰	*kuːl, *ɡuːl
傀	*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
藱	*kuːl
魁	*kʰuːl
磈	*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
塊	*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
嵬	*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	*ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
瘣	*ɡuːlʔ
廆	*ɡuːlʔ
溾	*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
螝	*ɡuːls, *krul
褢	*ɡruːl
騩	*krul, *kruls, *kul
愧	*kruls
媿	*kruls
聭	*kruls
餽	*ɡruls
鬼	*kulʔ
魏	*ŋɡuls
巍	*ŋul
犩	*ŋul, *ŋuls

Originally written 媿. In the modern form, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kruls): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ).

Shuowen interprets the character as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): abbreviated 恥 (“shame”) + 鬼 (“spirit”).

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Cognate to Tibetan ཁྲེལ (khrel, “shame; modesty”)?”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuì (kui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai³ / kwai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei⁴
    • Yale: kwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai³ / kwai⁵
    • Yale: kwai / kwáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai³ / kwai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei³ / kuei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯³³/, /kʷʰɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùi
    • Tâi-lô: khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwijH

Rime
Character	愧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	俱位切
Baxter	kwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiH/
Li Rong	/kjuiH/
Wang Li	/kwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ruj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	愧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuì
Middle Chinese	‹ kwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ruj-s/
English	ashamed
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愧
Reading #	1/1
No.	4682
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	媿
Old Chinese	/*kruls/
Notes	說文同媿

Definitions

愧

1. ashamed; guilty; conscience-stricken; mortified
2. to make (someone) feel guilty; to shame; to blame

Compounds

• 不愧 (bùkuì)
• 不愧不怍
• 不愧屋漏
• 仰不愧天
• 俯仰無愧 / 俯仰无愧 (fǔyǎngwúkuì)
• 受之有愧
• 問心無愧 / 问心无愧 (wènxīnwúkuì)
• 居心無愧 / 居心无愧
• 悔愧
• 惶愧
• 感愧並交 / 感愧并交
• 感愧交集
• 愧不敢當 / 愧不敢当
• 愧對 / 愧对 (kuìduì)
• 愧怍 (kuìzuò)
• 愧恧
• 愧恨
• 愧悔
• 愧惶無地 / 愧惶无地
• 愧服
• 愧歉
• 愧汗 (kuìhàn)
• 愧汗怍人
• 愧疚 (kuìjiù)
• 愧痛
• 愧色 (kuìsè)
• 愧赧
• 慚愧 / 惭愧 (cánkuì)
• 慚愧無地 / 惭愧无地
• 抱愧 (bàokuì)
• 捫心無愧 / 扪心无愧
• 文愧金聲 / 文愧金声
• 於心無愧 / 于心无愧
• 林慚澗愧 / 林惭涧愧
• 滿面羞愧 / 满面羞愧
• 無愧 / 无愧 (wúkuì)
• 當之無愧 / 当之无愧 (dāngzhīwúkuì)
• 羞愧 (xiūkuì)
• 自愧弗如 (zìkuìfúrú)
• 討愧 / 讨愧
• 赧愧

References

• “愧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 愧

愧

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. feel ashamed
2. shy

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kun: はじる (hajiru, 愧じる)^{←はぢる (fadiru, 愧ぢる, historical)}、はじらう (hajirau, 愧じらう)^{←はぢらふ (fadirafu, 愧ぢらふ, historical)}、はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 愧める)^{←はづかしめる (fadukasimeru, 愧める, historical)}、とがめる (togameru, 愧める)

Compounds

• 愧死(きし) (kishi)
• 愧赧(きたん) (kitan)
• 慚愧(ざんき), 慙愧(ざんき) (zanki)
• 羞愧(しゅうき) (shūki)
• 無愧(むぎ) (mugi)
• 屋漏(おくろう)に愧(は)じず (okurō ni hajizu)

Proverbs

• 仰(あお)いで天(てん)に愧(は)じず，俯(ふ)して地(ち)に怍(は)じず (aoi de ten ni hajizu, fu shite chi ni hajizu)
• 俯仰(ふぎょう)天地(てんち)に愧(は)じず (fugyō tenchi ni hajizu)

Korean

Hanja

愧 (eumhun 부끄러워할 괴 (bukkeureowohal goe))

1. hanja form^? of 괴 (“ashamed, conscience-stricken”)

Vietnamese

Han character

愧: Hán Nôm readings: quý

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