感 gǎn feel
feel; to sense
How to remember 感: 咸 salty + 心 heart = feel. At the airport goodbye, salty tears run down the mother's cheeks, and her heart is so full she can feel it beating.
Component breakdown
感 = 咸 salty + 心 heart
- 咸 salty
- 戊 fifth
- 𠮛 piled up
- 心 heart
At the airport goodbye, salty tears run down the mother's cheeks, and her heart is so full she can feel it beating.
How it came to be
A blade held over a mouth with everybody under it, over a heart. All of it felt at once rather than a part: the difference between being moved and merely noticing.
How it is used
- To feel / sense, and a bound morpheme for '-feeling/sense' - 感到高兴 (gǎndào gāoxìng) feel happy, 责任感 (zérèngǎn) a sense of responsibility.
- Builds emotional/perception words: 感觉 (gǎnjué) feeling, 感动 (gǎndòng) be moved, 感谢 (gǎnxiè) thank.
- 感兴趣 (gǎn xìngqù) 'be interested' takes 对: 对历史感兴趣 (duì lìshǐ gǎn xìngqù) interested in history. Note 感冒 (gǎnmào) means catch a cold, not literally 'feel'.
Characters built with 感
Words with 感
- 感冒gǎnmàocatch coldHSK 3
- 感兴趣gǎn xìngqùbe interested inHSK 3
- 感到gǎndàoto feelHSK 3
- 感觉gǎnjuéto feelHSK 4
- 感谢gǎnxièthankHSK 4
- 感情gǎnqíngfeelingHSK 4
- 感动gǎndòngbe movedHSK 4
- 感人gǎnréntouchingHSK 4
- 感受gǎnshòuto senseHSK 4
- 情感qínggǎnfeelingHSK 5
- 敏感mǐngǎnsensitiveHSK 5
- 流感liúgǎnfluHSK 5
- 口感kǒugǎnmouthfeelHSK 6
- 好感hǎogǎngood opinionHSK 6
- 感想gǎnxiǎngimpressionsHSK 6
- 感染gǎnrǎnto infectHSK 6
- 感激gǎnjīto be gratefulHSK 6
- 伤感shānggǎnsadHSK 7
- 动感dònggǎnsense of movementHSK 7
- 反感fǎngǎnto be disgusted withHSK 7
- 同感tónggǎnsame feelingHSK 7
- 性感xìnggǎnsex appealHSK 7
- 感性gǎnxìngperceptionHSK 7
- 观感guāngǎnone's impressionsHSK 7
- 预感yùgǎnto have a premonitionHSK 7
- 感叹gǎntànto sigh (with feeling)HSK 8
- 感恩gǎnēnto be gratefulHSK 8
- 感悟gǎnwùto come to realizeHSK 8
- 感慨gǎnkǎito sigh with sorrow, regret etcHSK 8
- 感触gǎnchùone's thoughts and feelingsHSK 8
- 灵感línggǎninspirationHSK 9
Example sentences
- 冬天容易感冒。 Dōngtiān róngyì gǎnmào.It's easy to catch a cold in winter.
- 他感到十分难过。 Tā gǎndào shífēn nánguò.He feels very sad.
- 因为太冷，她感冒了。 Yīnwèi tài lěng, tā gǎnmào le.It's so cold that she caught a cold.
- 我突然有种奇怪的感觉。 Wǒ tūrán yǒu zhǒng qíguài de gǎnjué.I suddenly had a strange feeling.