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Chinese symbol for “perceive”

感到
gǎn dào
to feel; to sense; to perceive

The closest CC-CEDICT match for perceive is 感到 (gǎn dào), defined as: to feel; to sense; to perceive.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

感 gǎn
to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
到 dào
to go to, to arrive
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “perceive”

WordPinyinMeaning
感觉 (感覺)gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
发觉 (發覺)fā juéto become aware; to detect
察觉 (察覺)chá juéto sense; to perceive
觉察 (覺察)jué cháto sense; to perceive
明察míng cháto note clearly; to perceive

Related words

Other words that share a character with 感到.

WordPinyinMeaning
感觉 (感覺)gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
感谢 (感謝)gǎn xièto thank; to be grateful
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
感染gǎn rǎnto infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
看到kàn dàoto see
得到dé dàoto get; to obtain; to receive
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “perceive”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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