CHINESE CHARACTER

愧 (kuì): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

kuì

ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience

HSK 7-912 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

忄

Primary radical

忄 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 愧.

鬼

Phonetic component

鬼 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 12

Write 愧 in 12 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 愧

不愧búkuì

HSK 7-9 · to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be

惭愧cánkuì

HSK 7-9 · ashamed

当之无愧dāngzhīwúkuì

HSK 7-9 · fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)

羞愧xiūkuì

HSK 7-9 · ashamed

Examples using 愧

惭愧

我对我自己感到惭愧。

Wǒ duì wǒ zì jǐ gǎn dào cán kuì。

I'm ashamed of myself.

羞愧

他不因贫穷而感到羞愧。

Tā bù yīn pín qióng ér gǎn dào xiū kuì。

He is not ashamed of being poor.

FAQ

What does 愧 (kuì) mean in Chinese?

ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience

How do you write 愧 in stroke order?

愧 has 12 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 愧?

忄 is the radical in 愧. It is the heart side radical and can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 愧?

不愧 (búkuì): to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be; 惭愧 (cánkuì): ashamed; 当之无愧 (dāngzhīwúkuì): fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc).