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Chinese symbol for “sensation”

感觉
gǎn jué
Traditional: 感覺
feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sensation is 感觉 (gǎn jué), defined as: feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; 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
觉 jué
conscious; to nap, to sleep; to wake up
radical 147 ⾒ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sensation”

WordPinyinMeaning
轩然大波 (軒然大波)xuān rán dà bōhuge waves; (fig.) ruckus

Related words

Other words that share a character with 感觉.

WordPinyinMeaning
感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; 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
觉得 (覺得)jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
睡觉 (睡覺)shuì jiàoto go to bed; to sleep
视觉 (視覺)shì juésight; vision

See also: Japanese symbol for “sensation”.

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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