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感

gǎn

feel

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.

Components
心 meaning component

心  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

咸 sound component

咸  Sound component

xián

  

all

Evolution

感 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
感 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
感 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
感 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
感 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

感  

gǎn

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

Most common words with 感
Freq.
Word
Meaning

感觉

to feel

感谢

gratitude

感到

to feel

感

to feel

感情

emotion

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

憾 撼 轗

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤ[ə]mʔ

komX

gǎn

move (emotionally) (v.t.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 98.2060% of movies

137th most common character in movies

243rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+611F

Shuowen

“感，動人心也。从心，咸聲。”


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