Chinese character 赧

It means a face reddened by shame or embarrassment.

赧 names the visible blush that signals shame. In Chinese, it mainly appears in written compounds such as 赧然, meaning an embarrassed manner with the blush showing.

Its earliest recorded forms are in Western Han clerical writing. The Eastern Han character dictionary Shuowen explains it as a face made red by shame. 赧王 preserves a historical royal title associated with Zhou's fall.

Is 赧 an emoji or a reaction?

No; it is a written character, not emoji artwork.

A lone 赧 does not reveal the sender's intent; check the language and surrounding phrase before reading it as a blush reaction. Mandarin reads it nǎn, roughly “nahn” with a dipping tone. Japanese readings include タン (tan) and ダン (dan), and Japanese compounds include 赧然, 愧赧, and 羞赧.

How do I type 赧?

Use an input method for the language you are writing in.

Mandarin pinyin, Cangjie, and Japanese input use different routes for this character.