Chinese Character Wiki
甘

gān

sweetness

Pictograph of something sweet inside the mouth (口).

Components
口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts something sweet inside the mouth.

Evolution

甘 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
甘 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
甘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
甘 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

甘  

gān

sweetness; sweet, tasty; sweet; willing

甘  

Gān

surname Gan; abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gān​sù​Shěng]

Most common words with 甘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

甘

sweet

甘肃

Gansu province, abbr. 甘[Gān], short name 隴|陇[Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lán​zhōu]

甘油

glycerine

心甘情愿

delighted to (do sth, idiom)

甘心

to be willing to

Component uses

Meaning component in 8 characters (3 verified)

香 智 甜 柑 苷 甙 蚶 泔

Sound component in 14 characters (1 verified)

敢 鉗 钳 酣 邯 柑 苷 紺 绀 蚶 泔 疳 坩 拑

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

某 甚 魯 鲁 猒

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

嵌

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤ[a]m

kam

gān

sweet


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.7229% of movies

1829th most common character in movies

1408th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+7518

Shuowen

“甘，美也。从口含一。一，道也。”


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