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gān

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gān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gān | gan1
English translation
tangerine, loose-skinned orange

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About gān

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

gān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A tree  bearing sweet fruit  Gān Gān also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of gān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

木甘

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Example sentences using gān

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每年 měi nián Xià Qiū , 石榴 shí liu 柑桔 香蕉 xiāngjiāo 葡萄 pútao guà Mǎn zhī tóu .

Annual Xia Qiu, pomegranate, orange, banana, grape hangs full branch.

zài 乡村 xiāng cūn 不断 bùduàn huàn 工作 gōngzuò wéi 不同 bù tóng de 柑橘园干活 gàn huó

He moved around the country working in orange groves.

Words with gān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
柑橘 gān jú citrus柑橘 gān jú
gān large tangerine gān
蜜柑 mì gān tangerine蜜柑 mì gān
广柑 guǎng gān a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc廣柑
橘柑 jú gān tangerine橘柑 jú gān

gān Decomposition & Compounds

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