感官 (gǎn guān) — sense organ; sensory organ | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sense organsensory organ

Measure word · 个

Examples

感官、、、。
Rén de wǔ zhǒng gǎn guān shì shì jué, tīng jué, xiù jué, wèi jué hé chù jué.
The five human sense organs are sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
，感官。
Suí zhe nián líng zēng zhǎng, gǎn guān de gōng néng huì zhú jiàn xià jiàng.
As we age, the function of sensory organs gradually declines.
感官。
Zhè ge shí yàn cè shì le shòu shì zhě de gǎn guān fǎn yìng sù dù.
This experiment tested the subjects' sensory organ reaction speed.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

感 refers to sensing and 官 to an organ, so together they name an organ used for sensing.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

咸心感

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

咸

咸xián感gǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

宀宀mián
𠂤𠂤𠂤

官 pairs 宀, a roof, with 𠂤, rooms beneath it, to depict an official building.

Appears in

Body Parts Senses

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