甘

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Radical 99 甘

甘 (Kangxi radical 99, 甘+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 廿一 (TM), four-corner 4477₀, composition ⿻廿一)

1. Kangxi radical #99, ⽢.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/甘
• 佄, 咁, 坩, 姏, 𡶑, 𭚩, 㤌, 拑, 泔, 𭤭, 柑, 㶰, 玵, 𦚕, 𭾧, 𥑠, 𥞈, 𥩩, 粓, 紺(绀), 𦕐, 蚶, 𧣑, 詌(𬣠), 𧮳, 𧵊(𬥴), 𫏄, 酣, 𨱫, 𫥕, 𭉀, 鉗(钳), 𤊼, 𫺦, 𩖺, 𩚵(𩠁), 𩢨, 魽(𫠐), 黚, 𫴐, 𪖟, 𪗳(𬹾)
• 邯, 𣢟, 𢎌, 𨚠, 䲺, 某, 䗣, 𠤔, 𭇐, 𭓣, 苷, 𥞌, 䇞, 雸, 𩬚, 𬓶, 𪏽, 𢇾, 疳, 𨳼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 753, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21643
• Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2413, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7518

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 甘
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogram (指事) – something in the mouth, sweet. Original form of 含.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-klum (“sweet”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Cognate with Mizo thlum, Lepcha (khlyam).

Possibly related to 含 (OC *ɡɯːm, “to keep in mouth”) and 甜 (OC *l'iːm, “sweet”), 柑 (MC kam, “mandarin orange”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

甘

1. sweet

   甘甜  ―  gāntián  ―  sweet

   甘蔗  ―  gānzhe  ―  sugar cane

2. pleasant; satisfactory
3. willingly; readily

   甘心  ―  gānxīn  ―  to be willing to

   甘願／甘愿  ―  gānyuàn  ―  willingly

4. (Cantonese, ironic) bitter; difficult to bear

   Alternative form: 金 (gam¹)

   輸到好甘／输到好甘 [Cantonese]  ―  syu¹ dou³ hou² gam¹   ―  to lose tremendously

   畀人𨃩鑊甘／畀人𨃩镬甘 [Cantonese]  ―  bei² jan⁴ sin³ wok⁶ gam¹   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   鑊鑊新鮮鑊鑊甘 [Cantonese, trad.]
   镬镬新鲜镬镬甘 [Cantonese, simp.]

   wok⁶ wok⁶ san¹ sin¹ wok⁶ wok⁶ gam¹

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. a surname

   甘寧／甘宁  ―  Gān Níng  ―  Gan Ning (military general serving under Sun Quan in the late Eastern Han dynasty)

6. Short for 甘肅／甘肃 (Gānsù, “Gansu”).

   Synonym: 隴／陇 (lǒng)

Synonyms

• (sweet):

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “sweet”): 苦 (kǔ)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. sweet

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←かん (kan, historical)←かむ (kamu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←かん (kan, historical)←かむ (kamu, ancient)}
• Kun: あまい (amai, 甘い, Jōyō); うまい (umai, 甘い); あまんじる (amanjiru, 甘んじる); あまやかす (amayakasu, 甘やかす, Jōyō); あまえる (amaeru, 甘える, Jōyō)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 甘 (MC kam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• IPA^(key):

Affix

甘(かん) • (kan) 

1. delicious
2. sweet-tasting; sweet
3. pleasant; pleased; content

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

甘 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune–Reischauer kam, Yale kam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

甘: Hán Nôm readings: cam

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