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Kotomora

勘

intuition, perception, check, compare, sixth sense

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • カン

Kun'yomi

—

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

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  • 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)

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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.