感恩

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	kind act (from above)
trad. (感恩)		感	恩
simp. #(感恩)		感	恩

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 感恩 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Gratitude (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎn'ēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄣ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam² jan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gam² yin¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kám-ên

  (Hailu, HRS): gam^ˊ en^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-ŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kám-un / kám-in

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gam² eng¹ / gam² êng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵koe-en

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎn'ēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎn-en
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-ên¹
    • Yale: gǎn-ēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanen
    • Palladius: ганьэнь (ganʹenʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² jan¹
    • Yale: gám yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gam² yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵⁵ jin³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-ên
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ en^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ en¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ en²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ en^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻³³ en⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-ŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋouŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-un
    • Tâi-lô: kám-un
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafm'wn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ un³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ un⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-in
    • Tâi-lô: kám-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafm'yn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gam² eng¹ / gam² êng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám ṳng / kám eng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ ɯŋ³³/, /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ eŋ³³/

Note: gam2 êng1 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵koe-en
    • MiniDict: koe^去 en
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²koe-en
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³³ ən⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: komX 'on

Rime
Character	感	恩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古禫切	烏痕切
Baxter	komX	'on
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌmX/	/ʔən/
Pan Wuyun	/kəmX/	/ʔən/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒmX/	/ʔən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəmX/	/ʔən/
Li Rong	/kᴀmX/	/ʔən/
Wang Li	/kɒmX/	/ən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kămX/	/ʔən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn	ēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	an1

Verb

感恩

1. to have gratitude for; to feel grateful

   學會感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, trad.]
   学会感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xuéhuì gǎn'ēn, shàndài ēnrén. [Pinyin]

   Learn to be grateful, and be kind to those who help you.

Synonyms

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• 多謝 / 多谢 (duōxiè)
• 感激 (gǎnjī)
• 感謝 / 感谢 (gǎnxiè)
• 知感 (Dungan, chiefly religion)
• 謝謝 / 谢谢 (xièxie)

Derived terms

• 感恩圖報 / 感恩图报
• 感恩戴德 (gǎn'ēndàidé)
• 感恩祭
• 感恩節 / 感恩节 (Gǎn'ēnjié)
• 感恩經 / 感恩经 (gǎn'ēnjīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (感恩):

• → Japanese: 感(かん)恩(おん) (kan'on)
• → Korean: 감은(感恩) (gameun)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: cảm ơn, cám ơn

Proper noun

感恩

1. (～縣) (historical) Gan'en (a former county of Hainan, Guangdong, China; now part of Dongfang, Hainan)

References

• “感恩”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Korean

Hanja in this term
感	恩

Noun

感恩 • (gameun) (hangeul 감은)

1. hanja form^? of 감은

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
感	恩

Alternative forms

• 敢恩 (cảm ơn, cám ơn)

Interjection

感恩

1. chữ Hán form of cảm ơn, cám ơn (“thank you”)

Verb

感恩

1. chữ Hán form of cảm ơn, cám ơn (“to thank; to be grateful”)