勘
勘 — Intuition
intuition, perception, check, compare, sixth sense
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 勘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勘定 | かんじょう kanjou | calculation; computation; counting |
| 勘 | かん kan | perception; intuition; the sixth sense |
| 勘案 | かんあん kanan | taking into consideration; giving consideration (to) |
| 勘違い | かんちがい kanchigai | misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess |
| 勘弁 | かんべん kanben | pardon; forgiveness; forbearance |
| 割り勘 | わりかん warikan | splitting the cost; splitting the bill; Dutch treat |
Study notes
勘 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1494 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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