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Kanji Detail for 勘 - "intuition"

勘

  • Meaning

    勘 means "intuition." Also associated with to interrogate, thinking.

    1. To consider - To think deeply; to compare and consider.

    2. To interrogate - To question about crimes; to investigate.

    3. Intuition - Sixth sense; instinct.

  • Words using 勘

    • 勘定 かんじょう Listen calculation; computation; counting
    • 勘案 かんあん Listen taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
    • 勘違い かんちがい Listen misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

  • Four-character idioms with 勘

    • 兵隊勘定 へいたいかんじょう Listen Dutch treat; going Dutch
    • 百舌勘定 もずかんじょう Listen splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill

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    • Verified meaning: intuition
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かん, かんじ, さだむ, さとる)
    • Also carries these associations: to interrogate, thinking

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 勘

    Given names 勘(かん)Listen 勘(さとる)Listen

    Surnames 勘(かんじ)Listen 勘(さだむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    intuition; perception; check; compare; sixth sense

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    investigate; compare; collate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to investigate; to survey; to collate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to investigate; to survey, to explore; to compare; to collate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To collate. To verify. Such as verifying errors in book texts is called 校勘, 磨勘. | To interrogate prisoners. Such as 推勘 (investigate), 審勘 (examine), meaning to verify the details of a case.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords

    to interrogate intuition thinking to consider perception sixth sense awareness discernment feeling foresight hunch insight instinct investigate sensitivity

Sentences including 勘

  • I will put it down to your account.

  • Give me a break.

  • I think there's a mistake in my bill.

  • You shouldn't have paid the bill.

  • The bill must be paid today.

  • May i have the check , please?

  • I'll foot the bill.

  • They renounced their son.

  • I'd like the bill please.

  • Check , please.

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