惭 Strokes Write it Listen 惭 cán ashamed, humiliated; shameful HSK 7–9 11 strokes Radical 忄 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from忄meaningxīnheart; mind; soul斩soundzhǎnto chop, to cut, to sever; to behead How it works忄 hints at the meaning (heart), and 斩 zhǎn hints at the sound.