漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
勘: intuition, perception
Also: check, compare, sixth sense
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
力 carries the meaning · 甚 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 勘かんperception; intuition; the sixth sense
- 勘定かんじょうcalculation; computation; counting
- 勘案かんあんtaking into consideration
- 勘違いかんちがいmisunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
- 勘弁かんべんpardon; forgiveness; forbearance
- 割り勘わりかん
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flex your arm and feel the power! That's 力, representing the raw muscle and effort required to change the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side勘 intuition · 力
vs堪 withstand · 土In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kān
Same form: 勘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 勘 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 勘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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