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知覚 (ちかく, chikaku) Japanese meaning: perception | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 知覚する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 知ち 覚かく する 知ち 覚かく しない Polite 知ち 覚かく します 知ち 覚かく しません Past polite 知ち 覚かく しました 知ち 覚かく しませんでした Past 知ち 覚かく した 知ち 覚かく しなかった Te-form 知ち 覚かく して 知ち 覚かく しないで Desire 知ち 覚かく したい 知ち 覚かく したくない Potential 知ち 覚かく できる 知ち 覚かく できない Passive 知ち 覚かく される 知ち 覚かく されない Causative 知ち 覚かく させる 知ち 覚かく させない Causative passive 知ち 覚かく させられる 知ち 覚かく させられない Volitional 知ち 覚かく しよう Polite volitional 知ち 覚かく しましょう Imperative 知ち 覚かく しろ 知ち 覚かく するな Conditional 知ち 覚かく すれば 知ち 覚かく しなければ Tara conditional 知ち 覚かく したら 知ち 覚かく しなかったら
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感かん
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知ち
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Humans perceive the outside world through the five senses.
Babies may not yet be able to perceive subtle differences in color.
Kanji 覚 memorize, learn, remember 智 wisdom, intellect, reason Related words 感覚 is the broader everyday word for a sense, feeling, or sensibility, while 知覚 is the more technical term for the act or process of perceiving something.
認識 refers to cognitive recognition or understanding, whereas 知覚 refers to immediate sensory awareness before conceptual processing.
感知 is often used for mechanical or instinctive detection (e.g. a sensor detecting heat), while 知覚 is the more general, often academic, term for sensory perception.
知覚 is a more clinical or philosophical term for perception as a mental process, whereas 五感 names the concrete five senses that produce that perception.
知覚 refers specifically to perception through the senses, whereas 認知 is broader and includes higher-level mental processing and awareness.
Don't confuse with 地殻 (also read ちかく) means 'the earth's crust,' a completely unrelated geological term that only sounds identical to 知覚 (perception).
知覚 means sensory perception (seeing, hearing, feeling), not the reasoning ability that 知能 refers to, despite sharing the kanji 知.
Word family· 13 perceptivity; perceptual ability
knowledge by acquaintance
haptic perception; tactile perception; sensation of touch
Written forms 知ち 覚かく Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling for the noun and する-verb.
智ち 覚かく
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji variant given; 知覚 is the normal spelling.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 知, associated with knowing, and 覚, associated with perceiving or becoming aware. The spelling directly reflects the meaning 'perception' or 'awareness.'
time perception; chronognosis
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sensory nerve
hyperesthesia; hypersensitivity
perceptual disorder; sensory disturbance
sensory paralysis; stupor
