What is the Kanji for "Feel", "Contact", and "Touch"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Feel", "Contact", and "Touch", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Feel", "Contact", and "Touch" is "触".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Fu" and "Sawa".

Its onyomi reading is "Shoku".

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 "角" means "Corner" and "Angle" and can be read as "Kaku", "Kado", and "Tsuno". And The kanji "虫" means "Insect" and can be read as "Mushi" and "Chuu".

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

What does the kanji "触" mean in japanese?

"触" means "Feel", "Contact", and "Touch".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

触れる: "Touch". The Japanese verb '触れる (ふれる)' means 'to touch'. This verb is used to express physical contact with an object or person. It can be used in both literal and figurative senses. For example: I touched the cat - (ねこに触れた). His words touched my heart - (彼の言葉が心に触れた).

触る: "Touch". The verb '触る (さわる)' means 'to touch'. It is used to describe the action of making physical contact with something or someone, either intentionally or unintentionally. It can be used in both casual and formal contexts. For example: Don't touch that! - (それに触るな!)、I accidentally touched the hot surface - (私は誤って熱い表面に触ってしまった)

接触: "Contact". The noun '接触 (せっしょく)' means 'contact'. This word refers to a physical touching or connection between two or more things or people. It can be used in both concrete and abstract contexts, such as physical contact between two objects, or the contact between individuals in a social setting. For example: She made brief contact with the stranger - (彼女はその見知らぬ人と一瞬接触した). I lost contact with my old friends - (私は昔の友人とつながりが絶えてしまった).

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 "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "ふ" is read as "fu". The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". And The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa".

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.