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Kanji Detail for 感 - "feel, emotion, sense"

感

  • Meaning

    感 means "feel, emotion, sense."

    1. Feel - To perceive emotionally; to sense.

    2. Sense - To detect through the senses.

    3. Emotion - Feelings evoked by experiences.

  • Words using 感

    • 感じ かんじ Listen feeling; sense; impression
    • 感染 かんせん Listen infection; contagion; becoming infected
    • 感覚 かんかく Listen sense; sensation; feeling
    • 感情 かんじょう Listen emotion; feeling; feelings
    • 感想 かんそう Listen impressions; thoughts; feelings
    • 感動 かんどう Listen being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion
    • 実感 じっかん Listen real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel
    • 感性 かんせい Listen sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

  • Four-character idioms with 感

    • 感慨無量 かんがいむりょう Listen deep emotion; being filled with emotion
    • 多情多感 たじょうたかん Listen sentimental; being full of emotions; having tender sensibilities
    • 平衡感覚 へいこうかんかく Listen sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
    • 恐懼感激 きょうくかんげき Listen being struck with awe; deeply moved with awe
    • 感情移入 かんじょういにゅう Listen empathy

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    • Verified meaning: feel, emotion, sense
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あふる, かん)

    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 感

    Given names 感(あふる)Listen 感(かん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    emotion; feeling; sensation

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    feel, perceive, emotion

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense

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

    To move people with words. Such as 感化, 感格. | Emotion stirring within is 感. Such as 感慨, 感激. | To catch. Catching illness from cold or heat is 感冒.

  • Onyomi

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    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    feel sense emotion sensation awareness perception impression mood sentiment intuition empathy sympathy detect perceive touch heart sensitivity responsiveness

Sentences including 感

  • I appreciate what you've done for me.

  • I felt something touch my foot.

  • I feel happy.

  • We cannot thank you too much for your help.

  • I was moved to tears.

  • I can't thank you enough.

  • She was feeling kind of tired.

  • He did not feel happy for all his success.

  • That movie was really moving.

  • We felt happy when the examination was over.

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