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The Chinese word gan - 感 - gǎn
(to feel in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

gǎn

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English translations

to feel, to sense, to realize, to move emotionally, sense,
to move, to touch, feeling, to feel appreciation for

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 感 ( gǎn ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
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Chinese characters ( gan / gǎn ) with pronunciation (English translation: to feel )
The traditional Chinese characters of gǎn are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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感 is composed of 13 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

heart  |  a sense organ
感 ( gan / gǎn ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 241)
Chinese example words containing the character 感 ( gan / gǎn )
感到 ( gǎndào = to feel ), 感动 ( gǎndòng = to move ), 感觉 ( gǎnjué = feeling ), 感冒 ( gǎnmào = to catch a cold ), 感情 ( gǎnqíng = feeling ), 感叹号 ( gǎntànhào = exclamation mark ), 感想 ( gǎnxiǎng = impression ), 感谢 ( gǎnxiè = to thank ), 敏感 ( mǐngǎn = sensitive )
Other characters that are pronounced gǎn in Chinese
敢 (to dare to) , 赶 (to catch up)
More words that mean to feel in Chinese
gǎndào ( 感到 ), juéde ( 觉得 )
More words that mean to sense in Chinese
gǎnjué ( 感觉 ), jué ( 觉 ), juéde ( 觉得 )

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