variant of 慚|惭[can2]

= + : The King of Chu (c) just entered the anthill (an2) and is very ashamed (惭). He got his flail (忄) stuck in his lawn mower (斩) and now he cannot get it out, so he has to ask his friends for help, which is really embarrassing for him.
ashamed

= + : The King of Chu (c) just entered the anthill (an2) and is very ashamed (惭). He got his flail (忄) stuck in his lawn mower (斩) and now he cannot get it out, so he has to ask his friends for help, which is really embarrassing for him.

惭 character breakdown

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.
to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 斩草除根: lawn mower. James II of England (zh) accidentally dropped bar bells (斤) onto the anthill's owner's cabriolet (车). The owner is mad as hell and wants to behead (斩) James II of England in the living room (an3) using a lawn mower (斩).

Characters with 惭 as component

惭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 惭

to boast shamelessly / to talk big
to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom) / to feel inferior
a disgrace / ashamed

Sentences with 惭

惭 currently does not appear in any sentence.