Chinese symbol for “willingly”
甘愿
gān yuàn
Traditional: 甘願
willingly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for willingly is 甘愿 (gān yuàn), defined as: willingly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 甘愿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甘蔗 | gān zhe | sugar cane; 节 (jié) |
| 甘心 | gān xīn | to be willing to; to resign oneself to |
| 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 |
| 愿意 (願意) | yuàn yì | to wish; to want |
| 愿望 (願望) | yuàn wàng | desire; wish |
| 自愿 (自願) | zì yuàn | voluntary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “willingly”.
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.