感 — to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion
- Pinyin
- gǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 感: 13 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 感 in the HSK syllabus: 32
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 感兴趣gǎn xìngqùto be interestedHSK 3
- 感到gǎndàoto feel; to sense; to perceiveHSK 3
- 感冒gǎnmàoto catch cold; cold; to be interested in; to detestHSK 3
- 感gǎnto feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feelingHSK 4
- 感动gǎndòngto move; to touch; movingHSK 4
- 感觉gǎnjuéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceiveHSK 4
- 感情gǎnqíngemotion; sentimentHSK 4
- 感人gǎnréntouching; movingHSK 4
- 感受gǎnshòuto sense; perception; to feel; to experienceHSK 4
- 感谢gǎnxièto thank; to be gratefulHSK 4
- 流感liúgǎnflu; influenzaHSK 5
- 敏感mǐngǎnsensitive; susceptibleHSK 5
- 情感qínggǎnfeeling; emotion; to moveHSK 5
- 感激gǎnjīto be grateful; to appreciate; thankfulHSK 6
- 感染gǎnrǎnto infect; infection; to influenceHSK 6
- 感想gǎnxiǎngimpressions; reflections; thoughtsHSK 6
- 好感hǎogǎngood opinion; favorable impressionHSK 6
- 口感kǒugǎnmouthfeel; textureHSK 6
- 动感dònggǎnsense of movement; dynamic; vivid; lifelikeHSK 7–9
- 反感fǎngǎnto be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reactionHSK 7–9
- 感触gǎnchùone's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirringHSK 7–9
- 感恩gǎnēnto be gratefulHSK 7–9
- 感慨gǎnkǎito sigh with sorrow, regret etc; ruefulHSK 7–9
- 感叹gǎntànto sigh; to lamentHSK 7–9
- 感悟gǎnwùto come to realize; to appreciateHSK 7–9
- 感性gǎnxìngperception; perceptual; sensibility; sensitiveHSK 7–9
- 观感guāngǎnone's impressions; observationsHSK 7–9
- 灵感línggǎncreative inspirationHSK 7–9
- 伤感shānggǎnsad; emotional; sentimental; pathosHSK 7–9
- 同感tónggǎnsame feeling; similar impression; common feelingHSK 7–9
- 性感xìnggǎnsex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexyHSK 7–9
- 预感yùgǎnto have a premonition; premonitionHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.