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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sensation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 感觉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 感谢 (感謝) | gǎn xiè | to thank; to be grateful |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 感情 | gǎn qíng | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons |
| 感染 | gǎn rǎn | to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence |
| 觉得 (覺得) | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 睡觉 (睡覺) | shuì jiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 视觉 (視覺) | shì jué | sight; 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.