感

See also: 惑

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯːmʔ): phonetic 咸 ‎(OC *ɡrɯːm) + semantic 心 ‎(“heart”)

Han character

感 (radical 61 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈口心 (IRP), four-corner 5333₀, composition ⿱咸心)

1. feel, perceive
2. emotion

Derived terms

• 憾

References

• KangXi: page 395, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10953
• Dae Jaweon: page 733, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2321, character 2
• Unihan data for U+611F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		感

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎn (gan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kám
• Min Nan (POJ): kám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: kan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaan
    • IPA ^(key): /ka̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam²
    • Yale: gám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³
    • IPA: /kam³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám
    • Tâi-lô: kám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karm
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 感
Mandarin	Beijing	/kan²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/kan²¹³/
	Tianjin	/kan¹³/
	Jinan	/kã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/kã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/kan⁵³/
	Xi'an	/kã⁵³/
	Xining	/kã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/kan⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/kɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/kan⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/kan⁴²/
	Chengdu	/kan⁵³/
	Guiyang	/kan⁴²/
	Kunming	/kã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/kaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/kæ̃²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kæ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/kɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/kæ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/kø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kø⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/kẽ̞⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ky³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/kɛ³⁵/
	Tunxi	/kɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kan⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/kan⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/kɵn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kam³¹/
	Taoyuan	/kɑm³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kɐm³⁵/
	Nanning	/kam³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kɐm³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kam⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kaŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kam⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/kam²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʌm^X/▼

Rime
Character	感
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古禫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kəmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəmX/
Li Rong	/kᴀmX/
Wang Li	/kɒmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*kˤ[ə]mʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːmʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	感
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ komX ›
Old Chinese	/*kˤ[ə]mʔ/
English	move (emotionally) (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	感
Reading #	1/1
No.	13498
Phonetic component	咸
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	感
Old Chinese	/*kɯːmʔ/

Noun

感

1. feeling; sensation

Compounds

• 感人 (gǎnrén)
• 感傷／感伤
• 感傷主義／感伤主义
• 感光 (gǎnguāng)
• 感冒 (gǎnmào)
• 感到 (gǎndào)
• 感動／感动 (gǎndòng)
• 感化 (gǎnhuà)
• 感受 (gǎnshòu)
• 感召 (gǎnzhào)
• 感同身受
• 感嘆／感歎／感叹 (gǎntàn)
• 感奮／感奋

• 感官 (gǎnguān)
• 感德 (gǎndé)
• 感念
• 感性 (gǎnxìng)
• 感恩 (gǎn'ēn)
• 感悟 (gǎnwù)
• 感情 (gǎnqíng)
• 感想 (gǎnxiǎng)
• 感慨 (gǎnkǎi)
• 感憤／感愤
• 感應／感应 (gǎnyìng)
• 感懷／感怀
• 感戴

• 感服
• 感染 (gǎnrǎn)
• 感泣
• 感激 (gǎnjī)
• 感生電流／感生电流
• 感知 (gǎnzhī)
• 感興趣／感兴趣 (gǎn xìngqù)
• 感荷
• 感覺／感觉 (gǎnjué)
• 感觸／感触 (gǎnchù)
• 感言 (gǎnyán)
• 感謝／感谢 (gǎnxiè)

References

• “Entry #9457”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

感

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. feeling, sensation, emotion

Readings

• Goon: こん (kon)
• Kan’on: かん (kan)

Compounds

Terms derived from 感

• 感傷
• 感光
• 感冒
• 感動
• 感動詞
• 感化
• 感受
• 感受性

• 感吟
• 感嘆, 感歎
• 感嘆符
• 感奮
• 感官
• 感度
• 感得
• 感心

• 感応
• 感性
• 感情
• 感想
• 感慨 (かんがい, ​kangai)
• 感慨無量
• 感懐
• 感服

• 感染
• 感泣
• 感涙
• 感温
• 感激
• 感知
• 感知 (かんち, ​kanchi): perception
• 感興

• 感覚
• 感触
• 感謝
• 感賞
• 感銘
• 感電
• 敏感 (びんかん) ‎(binkan, “sensitivity”)

Kanji in this term
感
かん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 感 ‎(kom^X).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) か​ん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

感 ‎(hiragana かん, romaji kan)

1. feeling

   虚無 (きょむ)感 (かん)

   kyomukan

   feeling of emptiness

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Korean

Hanja

感 • ‎(gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune-Reischauer kam, Yale kam)

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Compounds

• 감기 (感氣, gamgi)
• 민감 (敏感, min-gam, “sensitivity”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

感 (cảm, cám)

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Compounds

• mẫn cảm ‎(敏感, “sensitive”)