愧 (kuì): ashamed

Meanings

他为辜负了朋友而深感惭愧。

Tā wèi gūfù le péngyou ér shēngǎn cánkuì.

He felt deeply ashamed for letting his friend down.

我感到愧疚，因为没有及时帮忙。

Wǒ gǎndào kuìjiù, yīnwèi méiyǒu jíshí bāngmáng.

I feel ashamed because I didn't help in time.

usage

愧 is the feeling of shame or guilt. Common words: 惭愧 (ashamed), 愧疚 (guilty / remorseful), 问心无愧 (to have a clear conscience).

radical

忄 xīn

heart; feeling

忄 is the heart radical 心 in left-side form, marking 愧 as an inner feeling: shame.

phonetic

鬼 guǐ

ghost; spirit

鬼 supplies the sound element (drifted from guǐ to kuì) and carries no meaning here, working as the phonetic part.

愧 kuì