感
感·feeling, sense, emotion
- On-yomi
- カン
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感じる | かんじる | to feel |
| 感動 | かんどう | being deeply moved |
| 感謝 | かんしゃ | gratitude |
| 感想 | かんそう | one's impressions |
Example sentences
その映画を見て感動しました。
そのえいがをみてかんどうしました。
I was deeply moved by that movie.
秋になって寒さを感じるようになった。
あきになってさむさをかんじるようになった。
Now that it's autumn, I've started to feel the cold.
本を読んだ感想を書いてください。
ほんをよんだかんそうをかいてください。
Please write your impressions of the book you read.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
- 感咸咸 is the upper part of 感 without the heart 心 underneath.
- 感減減 (decrease) shares the same upper element but has water 氵 on the left.
Common mistakes
- Reading 感じ (a feeling, an impression) as かんじ but writing it as 漢字 — different words
- 感動する is stronger than English 'moved' — it is real emotion, not mild interest
Memory aid
Picture it
A heart (心) sitting under everything above it — whatever happens, the heart feels it.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 感動かんどうbeing moved, deep emotion
- 感謝かんしゃgratitude
- 感じるかんじるto feel
- 感情かんじょうemotion, feeling
- 感心するかんしんするto be impressed
- 感染するかんせんするto be infected
- 感激するかんげきするto be deeply moved
- 感じかんじfeeling, sense, impression
- 感心かんしんadmiration, being impressed
- 感覚かんかくsense, sensation, feeling, intuition for something
- 感想かんそうimpressions, thoughts
- 快感かいかんpleasant feeling, pleasure
Quick check
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