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Kanji Detail for 察 - "to perceive"

察

  • Meaning

    察 means "to perceive." Also associated with to observe, to sympathize.

    1. Observe - To watch carefully; to examine.

    2. Perceive - To understand; to sense.

    3. Sympathize - To feel for others.

  • Words using 察

    • 警察 けいさつ Listen police; police officer; police station
    • 査察 ささつ Listen inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
    • 検察 けんさつ Listen criminal investigation; prosecution
    • 警察庁 けいさつちょう Listen National Police Agency; NPA
    • 視察 しさつ Listen inspection; observation
    • 観察 かんさつ Listen observation; survey; watching
    • 検察官 けんさつかん Listen public prosecutor
    • 偵察 ていさつ Listen scouting; reconnaissance

  • Tattoo check: 察

    • Verified meaning: to perceive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, さとる)
    • Also carries these associations: to observe, to sympathize

    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 察

    Given names 察(さとる)Listen

    Surnames 察(あきら)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    guess; presume; surmise; judge; understand

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    examine, investigate; notice

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to examine, to investigate, to observe

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

    Examining repeatedly and in detail. Such as 察看. | Clear and obvious. Such as 覺察, meaning to be discovered. | Harshly scrutinizing. Such as 察察為明. | To assess. Such as 察吏, 京察. Censors were called 察院, meaning supervising officials.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    satsu(サツ) サツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    observe perceive sympathize discern intuition insight awareness empathy examine sense sensitivity perception keenness acumen

Sentences including 察

  • The police have traced her to paris.

  • Please tell me where the police station is.

  • The policeman observed the man open the door.

  • You had better communicate with the police.

  • I'd like to see a doctor.

  • He ran at the sight of the policeman.

  • The policeman cut me short in my talk.

  • Put the case in the hands of the police.

  • As soon as he caught sight of a policeman , he ran away.

  • He reported his accident to the police.

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