勘
intuition, perception, check, compare, sixth sense
Readings
On'yomi
- カン
Kun'yomi
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Nanori
- か
- さとる
Meaning
勘 centers on a deep, often instinctive, form of understanding: intuition, perception, or a sixth sense. It also extends to the act of checking or comparing, as if using that inner sense to verify something.
Most common words using 勘
20 of 86- 勘かんN3
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
- 勘違いかんちがいN2
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
- 勘弁かんべんN1
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
- 勘定かんじょうN3
calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count
- 勘案かんあん
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
- 割り勘わりかんN3
splitting the cost; splitting the bill; Dutch treat
- 勘当かんどう
disinheritance; disowning
- 勘ぐるかんぐる
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
- 勘ぐりかんぐり
suspicion; distrust
- お勘定おかんじょう
bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check
- どんぶり勘定どんぶりかんじょう
rough estimate; sloppy accounting; slapdash bookkeeping
- オープン勘定オープンかんじょう
open account
- 下衆の勘繰りげすのかんぐり
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
- 仮勘定かりかんじょう
suspense account
- 債権勘定さいけんかんじょう
accounts receivable
- 兵隊勘定へいたいかんじょう
Dutch treat; going Dutch
- 内勘定うちかんじょう
secret account
- 別勘定べつかんじょう
separate account
- 前勘定まえかんじょう
paying in advance
- 割り勘勝ちわりかんがち
"winner" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the most)
Study
Etymology
勘 combines 甚 (extreme, very) with 力 (power, effort), suggesting the idea of exerting mental effort to reach a deep understanding or to check something thoroughly.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 甚 looks like a person deeply focused, and the right side 力 is strength. Imagine using all your mental strength to tap into your intuition, like a sixth sense that checks and compares things without obvious reasoning.
Reading mnemonic
For カン, picture a can of intuition: you open the can and a burst of sixth sense comes out. Can -> カン, and the can holds your deep perception.