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感

gǎn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

感 (gǎn) means "to feel; to move; to touch". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 感 means

1. to feel
2. to move
3. to touch
4. to affect
5. feeling
6. emotion
7. (suffix) sense of ~

Example sentences

• 你狠性感。
  Nǐ hěn xìnggǎn.
  You are very sexy.
• 感激不尽。
  Gǎnjībùjìn.
  I can't thank you enough.
• 十分感谢。
  Thank you very much.
• 非常感谢！
  Thank you very much!
• 我感谢你。
  I thank you.
• 我感冒了。
  I caught the flu.

Words starting with 感

• 感觉gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
• 感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
• 感冒gǎn màoto catch cold; (common) cold; (colloquial) to be interested in…
• 感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
• 感谢gǎn xièto thank; to be grateful
• 感动gǎn dòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
• 感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception; to feel (through the senses)
• 感激gǎn jīto be grateful; to appreciate; thankful
• 感想gǎn xiǎngimpressions; reflections; thoughts
• 感染gǎn rǎnto infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
• 感慨gǎn kǎito sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
• 感觉到gǎn jué dàoto feel; to sense; to detect
• 感兴趣gǎn xìng qùto be interested (in sth)
• 感叹gǎn tànto sigh (with feeling); to lament
• 感人gǎn réntouching; moving
• 感悟gǎn wùto come to realize; to appreciate (feelings)
• 感恩gǎn ēnto be grateful
• 感触gǎn chùone's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved
• 感性gǎn xìngperception; perceptual; sensibility
• 感应gǎn yìngresponse; reaction; interaction
• 感知gǎn zhīperception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses); to sense; to feel; to detect…
• 感伤gǎn shāngsad; downhearted; sentimental
• 感官gǎn guānsense; sense organ
• 感染力gǎn rǎn lìinfectiousness (of a disease); appeal; power; impact…

Words containing 感

• 敏感mǐn gǎnsensitive; susceptible
• 性感xìng gǎnsex appeal; eroticism; sexuality
• 灵感líng gǎncreative inspiration
• 反感fǎn gǎnto be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction
• 情感qíng gǎnfeeling; emotion; to move (emotionally)
• 伤感shāng gǎnsad; emotional; sentimental
• 好感hǎo gǎngood opinion; favorable impression
• 禽流感qín liú gǎnbird flu; avian influenza
• 快感kuài gǎnpleasure; thrill; delight
• 预感yù gǎnto have a premonition; premonition
• 责任感zé rèn gǎnsense of responsibility
• 深感shēn gǎnto feel deeply
• 安全感ān quán gǎnsense of security
• 动感dòng gǎnsense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic; vivid
• 成就感chéng jiù gǎnsense of achievement
• 美感měi gǎnsense of beauty; aesthetic perception
• 口感kǒu gǎnmouthfeel; texture (of food)
• 同感tóng gǎn(have the) same feeling; similar impression; common feeling
• 质感zhì gǎnrealism (in art); sense of reality; texture
• 流感liú gǎnflu; influenza
• 倍感bèi gǎnto feel even more (lonely etc); to be extremely (sad, delighted etc)
• 语感yǔ gǎninstinctive feel for the language
• 幽默感yōu mò gǎnsense of humor
• 手感shǒu gǎnthe feel (of sth touched with the hand); (textiles) handle

Characters that look like 感

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 惑huòto confuse; to be puzzled
• 廓kuò(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 痣zhìbirthmark; mole
• 痿wěiatrophy

Sounds the same

Read gǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敢to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 赶to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 杆stick; pole; lever
• 秆stalks of grain
• 擀to roll (dough etc)
• 橄used in 橄榄
• 澉place name; wash
• 鳡yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa)

Where 感 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 3 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǎn correctly.
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