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気持ち

きもち

feeling, sensation

Mnemonic

Whatever it is you are carrying about inside you, held in the one hand. Key き, mo も, chi ち, and you cannot put it down anywhere: きもち.

Worth knowing

How you feel about something. 感覚 かんかく is the sense itself, the faculty.

Built from

spirit, energy
Steam rising off something. The old form had rice giving off vapour.
hold, have
扌 hand + 寺 temple

Words sharing these kanji

energetic, healthy spirit, temperament to realize, to notice atmosphere, air mood, feeling seriousness atmosphere, mood indication, sign in one go calm, all right to like, to be pleased with popularity

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