触覚(しょっかく)

しょっかく
noun
sense of touch
1. sense of touch; tactile sense
The ability to perceive through physical contact, including pressure, texture, and temperature.
目(め)を閉(と)じて触覚(しょっかく)だけで物(もの)を当(あ)てる。
Guess objects using only your sense of touch with your eyes closed.
赤(あか)ちゃんは触覚(しょっかく)が敏感(びんかん)だ。
Babies have a sensitive sense of touch.
2. antenna; feeler
The sensory appendages on insects and crustaceans used to feel their environment.
昆虫(こんちゅう)は触覚(しょっかく)で周囲(しゅうい)の情報(じょうほう)を得(え)る。
Insects gather information about their surroundings through their antennae.
カタツムリが触覚(しょっかく)を伸(の)ばしている。
The snail is extending its antennae.
アリは触覚(しょっかく)を使(つか)って仲間(なかま)と情報(じょうほう)を交換(こうかん)している。
Ants use their antennae to exchange information with their companions.

触覚(しょっかく) has two meanings:

1. Sense of touch (one of the five senses)
2. Antenna/feelers (on insects)

The five senses (五感(ごかん)):

Common expressions:

Note:
For insects, 触覚(しょっかく) refers to the antennae. Alternative words for insect antennae include 触角(しょっかく) (same pronunciation, different kanji) and アンテナ.

Related Words

Related: 視覚(しかく) (sight)
Related: 聴覚(ちょうかく) (hearing)
Related: 嗅覚(きゅうかく) (smell)
Related: 味覚(みかく) (taste)
Related: 五感(ごかん) (the five senses)
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Added 2026.1.14 20:02 · Revised 2026.6.1 1:29
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