IDENTITY
感gǎnto feel; feeling
HSK 2Top 150
CORE MEANING
to feel; feeling
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to feelHSK2
- 2.to be movedHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 心heart radical (xīn)
- strokes
- 13
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱咸心
- gives the sound gǎn (historical)
- heart
USAGE
Common words
感觉gǎnjuéfeeling; to feel
感谢gǎnxièto thank
感动gǎndòngto be moved
Graded examples
谢谢你的帮助，我很感动。Xièxie nǐ de bāngzhù, wǒ hěn gǎndòng.HSK3
Thank you for your help; I am very moved.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 喊
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Saltiness (咸) touching the heart (心) — feeling, being moved.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
publishedReport an error