赧

Cantonese · source Jyutpingnaan5#

Meanings · naan5

  1. blushing with shame
Cantonese · source Jyutpingnaan2#

Meanings · naan2

  1. blushing with shame
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Same syllable, six tones

naannaan1—naan2—naan3—难naan4difficult赧naan5blushing with shamenaan6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 赧 nǎn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinblushing with shame

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: nan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 3 senses · 2 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naan2 · naan5

Cantonese word readings for 赧. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

  1. (literary) blushing because of shame

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) inflammation on the skin resulting from an insect bite or an illness

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Teochew) alternative form of 咱 (“(inclusive) we; us”)

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Source lines 32,747, 32,748 · Original publisher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edition & transformations

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity赧 赧 [nan3] {naan5} /blushing with shame/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 157ffa13dd4d9c579d01c34ab2e56c7ac2308809c8b31299938bb256122a4ee7

赧 赧 [nan3] {naan2} /blushing with shame/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: b4ef8c2805aacd14979cdad0eb96e992453d66394526b63f7452ae651d273d1c