Chinese edit

keen; sensitive
 
to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
trad. (敏感)
simp. #(敏感)

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

敏感

  1. sensitive
  2. susceptible
  3. allergic

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (敏感):

See also edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
びん
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
敏感 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese compound 敏感 (minX + komX).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(びん)(かん) (binkan-na (adnominal (びん)(かん) (binkan na), adverbial (びん)(かん) (binkan ni))

  1. sensitive
    • けれども邪悪(じゃあく)(たい)しては、人一倍(ひといちばい)敏感(びんかん)であった。
      Keredomo jaaku ni taishite wa, hito ichibai ni binkan de atta.
      But he was more sensitive to evil than the average man.

Inflection edit

Noun edit

(びん)(かん) (binkan

  1. sensitivity

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

敏感 (min'gam) (hangeul 민감)

  1. Hanja form? of 민감 (sensitivity).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective edit

敏感

  1. chữ Hán form of mẫn cảm (sensitive).