ashamed

怍 character breakdown

at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling

Mnemonic symbol: a Mohawk haircut. It fits the hair "to stand on end" and the character itself looks like a head with a Mohawk haircut facing towards the left.

James II of England (zh) tries out a Mohawk haircut (乍) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.

Characters with 怍 as component

怍 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 怍

no shame, no subterfuge (idiom); just and honorable / upright and above board

Sentences with 怍

怍 currently does not appear in any sentence.