実感
じっかん · jikkan · JLPT N2 · noun
realization
💡 実 (real) + 感 (feeling) = feeling that it is real; it finally sinks in
Pronounced jik-kan. 実 means real or true, and 感 means feeling or sense. Together, 実感 is the feeling that something is real, often a realization or a deep emotional impact.
感 — heart 心 + 咸 (xián, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The heart radical 心 at the bottom carries the meaning of feeling or emotion, while 咸 supplies the sound. Together 感 conveys being moved in the heart, hence 'to feel,' 'sense,' or 'be affected by' something.