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敏感

敏感

Chinese

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

Adjective

敏感

  1. sensitive
  2. susceptible
  3. allergic

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (敏感):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
びん
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 敏感 (minX + komX).

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

敏感 (-na inflection, hiragana びんかん, romaji binkan)

  1. sensitive
    • 1940: Hashire Merosu
      けれども邪悪に対しては、人一倍に敏感であった。

Inflection

Noun

敏感 (hiragana びんかん, romaji binkan)

  1. sensitivity

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

敏感 (min-gam) (hangeul 민감)

  1. Hanja form? of 민감, “sensitivity”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Adjective

敏感

  1. Hán tự form of mẫn cảm, “sensitive