Sense or to Feel

by Nao

kan-jiru, kan-ji, kan

The verb kanjiru means “to feel.” The noun kanji means feeling or sense. Jiru and ji are in hiragana. Ji is the voiced sound of shi. To write “ji,” add two dots to the upper right-hand corner of shi.

The suffix “-kan” is also a sense of something. Here are some examples with a matched particle (joshi) and verb.

• One has (ga aru) – sekininkan (responsibility), sonzaikan (a presence), kishikan (déjà vu) … “Sekininkan ga aru” means “to have a sense of responsibility.”
• There is (ga aru) – kisetsukan (season), it taikan (being united) … “Kisetsukan ga aru” means “to have a sense of season.”
• Things that can be affluent (afureru) – yakudōkan (liveliness), rinjōkan (as if you were there), kaihōkan (spaciousness) … “Yakudōkan afureru” means “full of energy.”
• Things that are floating in the atmosphere (tadayō) – aikan (sad feeling), kinchōkan (tension)
• People are sometimes stricken by (ni uchihishigareru) – zetsubōkan (hopelessness), sōshitsukan (loss)
• People are sometimes bothered by (ni sainamareru) – zaiakukan (guilt), kodokukan (solitude)
• You can be replete with (ni hitaru) – kaikan (pleasure)
• You might have (ni omō) – ikan (regret)
• You might have (wo motsu) – kikikan (crisis)
• You can have (ga moteru) – kōkan (likableness), shinkinkan (familiarity)

Gokan means five senses. I think this one should not be included in the above categories. The sixth sense is dairokkan. Dai indicates that it is an ordinal number.

Other compounds are kanjo (feelings and emotion) and kanshin (admirable).

1. Draw the sweeping stroke from the upper left to the lower left.
2. Draw the longest horizontal stroke.
3. Draw the shorter horizontal stroke below it.
4. Draw the rectangle below it. First, draw the left side of the rectangle.
5. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
6. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
7. Draw the long curve from the top to the lower right. End the stroke with an upward turn.
8. Draw the sweeping stroke crossing the previous curve.
9. Draw the dot in the upper right corner of the character.
10. The next part is a heart. Draw the dot on the left.
11. Draw the curve at the bottom. Turn upward at the end.
12. Strike the dot above the curve and make it head to the next dot.
13. Draw the dot by the thorn-like ending of the curve.