Japanese symbol for “sentimentality”
感傷
かんしょう
Romaji: kanshou
sentiment; sentimentality
In Japanese, sentimentality is 感傷, read かんしょう (kanshou).
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Meanings
- n sentiment; sentimentality
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sentimentality”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心情論 | しんじょうろん shinjouron | emotionalism; sentimentality |
| おセンチ | おセンチ osenchi | sentimental; sentimentality |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感じ | かんじ kanji | feeling; sense; impression |
| 感謝 | かんしゃ kansha | thanks; gratitude; appreciation |
| 感覚 | かんかく kankaku | sense; sensation; feeling |
| 感じる | かんじる kanjiru | to feel; to sense; to experience |
| 感情 | かんじょう kanjou | emotion; feeling; feelings |
| 感染 | かんせん kansen | infection; contagion; becoming infected |
| 負傷 | ふしょう fushou | injury; wound |
| 傷つける | きずつける kizutsukeru | to wound; to injure |
See also: Chinese symbol for “sentimentality”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.