甘 Gān

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Traditional form

甘 Gān

Contains the radical

甘 Gān

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Picture of a tongue with 一 yī marking the sweet spot

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿵卄二

Explanation

Pictograph of something sweet inside the mouth (口 kǒu ).

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横眉冷对千夫指 héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ , 俯首甘为孺子牛.

Fierce - browed , I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers ; headbowed , like a willing ox I serve the children.

商业 shāngyè 用 yòng 蔗 zhè 糖 táng 有 yǒu 两 liǎng 个 gè 主要 zhǔyào 来源 láiyuán —— 甜 tián 甘蔗 gān zhe 和 hé 制糖甜菜 tián cài .

There are two principal sources of commercial sucrose - sugar cane and sugar beets.

这 zhè 是 shì 一 yī 种 zhǒng 美味 měi wèi 香 xiāng 甜 tián 、酒味 jiǔ wèi 甘 Gān 醇 chún 的 de 甜 tián 食品 shí pǐn .

This is a delicious sweet , sweet food, pure alcohol.

好 hǎo 呀 ya , 这 zhè 回 huí 你 nǐ 赢 yíng 了 le ,我 wǒ 甘 Gān 拜 bài 下风 xià fēng .

All right, you've got me beaten there . I hand it to you.

一 yī 家 jiā 中国 Zhōngguó 公司 gōngsī 标明 biāo míng 其 qí 添加剂 tiān jiā jì 为 wéi 一种 yī zhǒng 用于 yòng yú 增甜和 hé 增 zēng 稠 chóu 的 de 甘油 gān yóu .

Chinese company had identified the additive as glycerin, a sweetener and thickener.

Explore 18 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 甘 Gān in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
甘 Gān	sweet	甘 Gān
甘肃 Gān sù	Gansu province, abbr. 甘 Gān [Gān], short name 隴 lǒng \|陇 lǒng [Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州\|兰州 Lán zhōu [Lánzhōu]	甘肅
甘油 gān yóu	glycerine	甘油 gān yóu
心甘情愿 xīngānqíngyuàn	delighted to (do sth, idiom)	心甘情願
甘心 gān xīn	to be willing to	甘心 gān xīn
甘愿 gān yuàn	willingly	甘願
甘蔗 gān zhe	sugar cane	甘蔗 gān zhe
甘草 gān cǎo	licorice root	甘草 gān cǎo
不甘心 bù gān xīn	not reconciled to	不甘心 bù gān xīn
甘蓝 gān lán	cabbage	甘藍
甘肃省 Gān sù Shěng	Gansu Province, abbr. 甘 Gān [Gān], short name 隴 lǒng \|陇 lǒng [Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州\|兰州 Lán zhōu [Lánzhōu]	甘肅省
不甘 bù gān	unreconciled to	不甘 bù gān
甘甜 gān tián	sweet	甘甜 gān tián
同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ	for better or for worse	同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ
甘薯 gān shǔ	sweet potato	甘薯 gān shǔ
甘于 gān yú	to be willing to	甘於
不甘示弱 bù gān shì ruò	not to be outdone	不甘示弱 bù gān shì ruò
甘地 Gān dì	(Mahatma) Gandhi	甘地 Gān dì

See all 62 Chinese words that contain the character 甘 Gān in their composition.

甘 Gān

某 mǒu

谋 móu , 媒 méi , 煤 méi , 禖 méi , 腜 méi , 楳, 湈, 謀 móu

甚 shén

勘 kān

墈 kàn

堪 kān , 湛 zhàn , 斟 zhēn , 葚 rèn , 媅 dān , 戡 kān , 揕 zhèn , 椹 shèn , 歁 kǎn , 煁 chén , 谌 chén , 黮 tán , 偡, 卙, 啿, 夦, 尠, 嵁, 愖, 瘎, 碪, 糂, 蘛, 諶 chén , 踸, 鍖

拑 qián

箝 qián

甜 tián , 钳 qián , 柑 gān , 酣 hān , 泔 gān , 坩 gān , 绀 gàn , 邯 hán , 蚶 hān , 疳 gān , 苷 gān , 咁 gān , 甙 dài , 佄, 姏, 玵, 甛 tián , 甝 hán , 甞, 粓, 紺 gàn , 詌, 鉗 qián , 雸, 魽, 黚