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感

Mandarin · pinyin gǎn

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感: gǎn · feel, perceive, emotion

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3 · gan3

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character · Etymology 1

to move (someone); to affect; to touch; to arouse
response; influence
to feel; to perceive
feeling; thought; sensation; emotion
to thank; to feel grateful
to sigh with emotion; to be sentimental
to miss; to long for
(traditional Chinese medicine) to be affected by wind-cold

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