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Bushu (Radical) Info:
心 (シン, こころ, -ごころ, りっしんべん) – heart; mind; spirit
攸 (ユウ, ところ) – distant, far; adverbial prefix; relaxed; at ease; place
心 (シン, こころ, -ごころ, りっしんべん) – heart; mind; spirit
攸 (ユウ, ところ) – distant, far; adverbial prefix; relaxed; at ease; place
Henshall Mnemonic: one halberd in mouth causes feeling in heart
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #233 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #233 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 感じ [かんじ]
(n) feeling; sense; impression [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感じる [かんじる]
(v1) to feel; to sense; to experience [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感覚 [かんかく]
(n) sense; sensation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感謝 [かんしゃ]
(adj-na,n,vs) thanks; gratitude [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感情 [かんじょう]
(n) emotion(s); feeling(s); sentiment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感心 [かんしん]
(adj-na,n,vs) admiration; Well done! [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感動 [かんどう]
(n,vs) being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; impression; deep emotion [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 感ずる [かんずる]
(vz) to feel; to sense [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感激 [かんげき]
(n,vs) deep emotion; impression; inspiration [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感想 [かんそう]
(n) impressions; thoughts [K] [D] [Jisho] - 実感 [じっかん]
(n,vs) feelings (actual, true) [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 痛感 [つうかん]
(n,vs) feeling keenly; fully realizing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 共感 [きょうかん]
(n) sympathy; response [K] [D] [Jisho] - 反感 [はんかん]
(n) antipathy; revolt; animosity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 予感 [よかん]
(n) presentiment; premonition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 直感 [ちょっかん]
(n) intuition; instinct; insight; hunch [K] [D] [Jisho] - 鈍感 [どんかん]
(adj-na,n) thickheadedness; stolidity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感慨 [かんがい]
(n) strong feelings; deep emotion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感触 [かんしょく]
(n) sense of touch; feeling; sensation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感染 [かんせん]
(n,vs) infection; contagion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 敏感 [びんかん]
(adj-na,n) sensibility; susceptibility; sensitive (to); well attuned to [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感度 [かんど]
(n) sensitivity; severity (quake) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同感 [どうかん]
(n) agreement; same opinion; same feeling; sympathy; concurrence [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 違和感 [いわかん]
(n) malaise; incompatibility [K] [D] [Jisho] - 親近感 [しんきんかん]
(n) affinity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 劣等感 [れっとうかん]
(n) inferiority complex [K] [D] [Jisho] - 安心感 [あんしんかん]
sense of security [K] [D] [Jisho] - 責任感 [せきにんかん]
(n) sense of responsibility [K] [D] [Jisho] - 優越感 [ゆうえつかん]
(n) superiority complex [K] [D] [Jisho] - 五感 [ごかん]
(n) the five senses [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感じ取る [かんじとる]
(v5r) to feel [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感化 [かんか]
(n) influence; inspiration; reform; correction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感慨無量 [かんがいむりょう]
(adj-na,n) deep emotion; one's mind is filled with thousand emotions [K] [D] [Jisho] - 好感 [こうかん]
(n) good feeling; good will; favourable impression [K] [D] [Jisho] - 期待感 [きたいかん]
feeling of expectation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 情感 [じょうかん]
(n) feeling; sensitivity; emotion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感受性 [かんじゅせい]
(n) sensitivity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感情的 [かんじょうてき]
(adj-na) emotional; sentimental [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感性 [かんせい]
(n) sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感染症 [かんせんしょう]
(n) infectious disease; infection [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感嘆 [かんたん]
(n) admiration; wonder [K] [D] [Jisho] - 体感 [たいかん]
(n) bodily sensation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 快感 [かいかん]
(n) pleasant feeling [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感銘 [かんめい]
(n) deep impression [K] [D] [Jisho] - 感涙 [かんるい]
(n) tears of gratitude [K] [D] [Jisho] - 臨場感 [りんじょうかん]
(n) presence [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.