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gǎn
HSK 7freq #939

Meanings

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gǎn
  1. 1.to feel
  2. 2.to move
  3. 3.to touch
  4. 4.to affect
  5. 5.feeling
  6. 6.emotion
  7. 7.(suffix) sense of ~

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to move (someone); to affect; to touch; to arouse
  2. 2.response; influence
  3. 3.to feel; to perceive
  4. 4.feeling; thought; sensation; emotion
  5. 5.to thank; to feel grateful
  6. 6.to sigh with emotion; to be sentimental
  7. 7.to miss; to long for
  8. 8.to be affected by wind-cold

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kɯːmʔ): phonetic 咸 (OC *ɡrɯːm) + semantic 心 (“heart”). Etymology not clear (Schuessler, 2007). Note similarities to Burmese ခံ (hkam, “to endure, accept, catch”) (Luce, 1981).

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