甘 — Chinese character
甘
gān
sweet, tasty; willing
- Pinyin
- gān
- Radical
- 99 ⽢ (Sweet)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 卄 二
- Formation
- ideographic — Picture of a tongue with 一 marking the sweet spot
- Japanese
- 甘 as a kanji
Common words with 甘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甘蔗 | gān zhe | sugar cane; 节 (jié) |
| 甘心 | gān xīn | to be willing to; to resign oneself to |
| 甘愿 (甘願) | gān yuàn | willingly |
| 心甘情愿 (心甘情願) | xīn gān qíng yuàn | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do |
| 不甘 | bù gān | unreconciled to; not resigned to |
| 甘草 | gān cǎo | licorice root |
| 甘于 (甘於) | gān yú | to be willing to; to be ready to |
| 甘油 | gān yóu | glycerine; glycerol |
| 同甘共苦 | tóng gān gòng kǔ | shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows; for better or for worse |
| 甘薯 | gān shǔ | sweet potato; Ipomoea batatas |
| 甘甜 | gān tián | sweet |
| 甘蓝 (甘藍) | gān lán | cabbage; Chinese broccoli |
English words written with 甘
甘 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 1 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 80
- Analects 17.21
- Hexagram 19
- Hexagram 60
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 7A.27
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
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