Chinese symbol for “licorice”
苷
gān
licorice; glycoside
The closest CC-CEDICT match for licorice is 苷 (gān), defined as: licorice; glycoside.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 苷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核苷酸 | hé gān suān | nucleotide |
| 腺苷 | xiàn gān | adenosine |
| 糖苷 | táng gān | glycoside |
| 核苷 | hé gān | nucleoside |
| 氰苷 | qíng gān | cyanogenetic glucoside |
| 甜菊糖苷 | tián jú táng gān | stevioside |
See also: Japanese symbol for “licorice”.
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.