What is the Kanji for "Consider", "Sense", and "Intuition"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Consider", "Sense", and "Intuition", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Consider", "Sense", and "Intuition" is "勘".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Kan".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "甚" means "Great", "Extreme", and "Very" and can be read as "Jin" and "Hanaha". And The kanji "力" means "Power" and can be read as "Riki", "Ryoku", and "Chikara".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "勘" mean in japanese?

"勘" means "Consider", "Sense", and "Intuition".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

勘定: "Calculation". The verbal noun '勘定 (かんじょう)' means 'calculation'. It refers to the act of counting, computing, or figuring out a sum. It is commonly used in the context of keeping accounts or bills, such as 'the restaurant bill/check' - (お勘定). It can also mean 'to consider' or 'to think about', as in 'I haven't given it any thought' - (全く勘定していませんでした).

勘違い: "Misunderstanding". The Japanese verbal noun '勘違い (かんちがい)' means 'misunderstanding'. This term refers to incorrectly perceiving or interpreting a situation or information, leading to a wrong conclusion. It often implies a simple mistake or lack of full understanding. For example: I had a misunderstanding about the meeting time - (会議の時間について勘違いしていました). She had a misunderstanding about my intentions - (彼女は私の意図を勘違いしていた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.