Meaning
Feeling, Emotion, Sense — Describes mental reactions or emotional impressions.
- 感情 — emotion
- 感動 — deep emotion, inspiration
- 感覚 — sense, sensation
- 好感 — favorable feeling
- 五感 — the five senses
- 共感 — empathy
The character 感 combines the radical 心 (heart) with the phonetic 咸 (kan). It expresses a reaction of the heart — in other words, feelings or sensations triggered by something external or internal.
映画に感動しました。
I was moved by the movie.
五感を使って学びます。
We learn using our five senses.
🎧 Listen to the reading カン.