感じ
かんじ · kanji · JLPT N3 · noun
feeling
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感 means to feel or sense, and its bottom part is 心, heart. Adding じ turns it into a noun: the feeling or impression something gives. It is pronounced the same as 漢字, the word for Chinese characters, so the pun is easy to keep.
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.