感 gǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
感恩
gǎnēn
to be grateful; to feel gratitude
Characters in this word
恩 ēn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他一直感恩那位老师当年的提醒，因此选择回母校任教。 Tā yìzhí gǎnēn nà wèi lǎoshī dāngnián de tíxǐng, yīncǐ xuǎnzé huí mǔxiào rènjiào. He has always been grateful for that teacher's reminder years ago, so he chose to return to his old school to teach.
- 我们要学会感恩，不要把别人的帮助当成理所当然。 Wǒmen yào xuéhuì gǎn'ēn, búyào bǎ biéren de bāngzhù dàngchéng lǐsuǒdāngrán. We should learn to be grateful and not take other people's help for granted.
- 孩子们给老师送上自己做的卡片，表达感恩之情。 Háizimen gěi lǎoshī sòngshang zìjǐ zuò de kǎpiàn, biǎodá gǎn'ēn zhī qíng. The children gave their teacher cards they had made themselves to express their gratitude.
Related words
- 感到 gǎndào to feel
- 感动 gǎndòng to be moved
- 感觉 gǎnjué to feel; feeling
- 感谢 gǎnxiè to thank
- 感冒 gǎnmào to catch a cold
- 感情 gǎnqíng feelings; relationship
- 感受 gǎnshòu to feel; feeling
- 情感 qínggǎn feelings; emotions
- 感兴趣 gǎnxìngqù to be interested
- 感想 gǎnxiǎng thoughts and feelings
- 敏感 mǐngǎn sensitive
- 感激 gǎnjī to appreciate, to be grateful