gān

water from washing rice to boil thick

Sweet  water  also provides the pronunciation

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

甘 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

gān

  

sweetness

Evolution

泔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
泔 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
泔 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
泔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
泔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gān

water from washing rice to boil thick, as gruel; slop from rinsing rice

Most common words with 泔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

泔水

slop

slop from rinsing rice