HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Thinking

感 gǎn “(suffix) sense of …” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 感 means

  1. (suffix) sense of …
  2. feeling
  3. to feel
  4. to move
  5. to touch
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to affect
  • emotion

How to say 感

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale感gǎn3rd tone, dipping

感 in a sentence

  1. 他对什么都感好奇。

    Tā duì shénme dōu gǎn hàoqí.

    He’s curious about everything.

    Sentence #401025 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我对摄影感兴趣。

    Wǒ duì shèyǐng gǎn xìngqù.

    I’m interested in photography.

    Sentence #332751 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我也有一样的感觉。

    Wǒ yě yǒu yíyàng de gǎnjué.

    I feel the same way.

    Sentence #7774359 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 感 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 感 (gǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
感gǎnto feel
  • 咸all · xián
  • 心heart · xīn

Memory aidHeart 心 with 咸 (xián) for the sound: to feel.

How to write 感

感 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

感 (gǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 感 (gǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 感

Words with 感

感冒gǎnmào · catch cold感到gǎndào · to feel感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in感觉gǎnjué · feeling感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks感动gǎndòng · to be moved感情gǎnqíng · emotion感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions感激gǎnjī · to be grateful

More words: Thinking & Feeling

想到xiǎngdào · to think of感到gǎndào · to feel怕pà · to fear记jì · to remember懂得dǒngde · to understand喜爱xǐ'ài · to like认得rènde · to recognise心xīn · heart

FAQs

感 (gǎn) means “(suffix) sense of …” or “feeling”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it gǎn: gǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 感 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 感 from the suggestions. Typing gan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
感 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.