Chinese symbol for “accepting”
甘于
gān yú
Traditional: 甘於
to be willing to; to be ready to; to be content with; accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for accepting is 甘于 (gān yú), defined as: to be willing to; to be ready to; to be content with; accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “accepting”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 甘于.
| 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 |
| 对于 (對於) | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 由于 (由於) | yóu yú | due to; as a result of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “accepting”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.