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感覚

かんかく

sensation

Mnemonic

All of it landing on a heart, and the eye that took it in. Below thinking. Can かん you can かく say how? What your hand knows about the water before you do: かんかく.

Worth knowing

感じ かんじ is the impression; 感覚 is the faculty itself. Same 覚 as 覚える おぼえる.

Built from

feel, sense
咸 all + 心 heart
remember, perceive
The sparks and lid from the top of 学, sat down on 見 an eye.

Words sharing these kanji

to feel, to sense feeling, impression feeling, emotion appreciation, thanks feeling, touch hunch, premonition admiration to memorize readiness, resolution awareness to wake (up), to come to one's senses

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