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Chinese symbol for “thrill”

快感
kuài gǎn
pleasure; thrill; delight; joy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thrill is 快感 (kuài gǎn), defined as: pleasure; thrill; delight; joy; pleasurable sensation; a high.

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Characters and stroke order

快 kuài
speedy, rapid, quick; soon
radical 61 ⼼ · 7 strokes
感 gǎn
to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “thrill”

WordPinyinMeaning
扣人心弦kòu rén xīn xiánto excite; to thrill

Related words

Other words that share a character with 快感.

WordPinyinMeaning
快乐 (快樂)kuài lèhappy; joyful
快速kuài sùfast; high-speed; rapid
尽快 (儘快)jǐn kuàias quickly as possible; as soon as possible
加快jiā kuàito accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
赶快 (趕快)gǎn kuàiquickly; at once
感觉 (感覺)gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
感谢 (感謝)gǎn xièto thank; to be grateful

See also: Japanese symbol for “thrill”.

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.