感 gǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
感慨
gǎnkǎi
to sigh with emotion; to be deeply moved
Characters in this word
慨 kǎi
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 既 already, since, then
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 重返旧校园时，他感慨时间流逝，也意识到教育改变了多少人的命运。 Chóngfǎn jiù xiàoyuán shí, tā gǎnkǎi shíjiān liúshì, yě yìshí dào jiàoyù gǎibiàn le duōshǎo rén de mìngyùn. When he returned to his old campus, he sighed over the passage of time and realised how many lives education had changed.
- 看着满头白发的老同学，他不禁感慨万千。 Kàn zhe mǎntóu báifà de lǎo tóngxué, tā bùjīn gǎnkǎi wànqiān. Looking at his old classmate with a head full of white hair, he couldn't help being filled with emotion.
- 奶奶翻着旧照片，感慨日子过得真快。 Nǎinai fān zhe jiù zhàopiàn, gǎnkǎi rìzi guò de zhēn kuài. Grandma, flipping through old photos, sighed at how quickly the days go by.
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