Keyword
sweet
- tasty
- willing
- Frequency
- #1466
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
gān
Mnemonic
Picture of a tongue with 一 marking the sweet spot
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
甘
(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦 (kǔ): bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do sth)
甘肃省
Gansu Province, capital Lanzhou 兰州市 (LánzhōuShì) (short name 甘 (Gān) or 陇 (Lǒng))
甘蔗
sugar cane
甘心
to be willing to; to resign oneself to
甘愿
willingly
甘地
(Mahatma) Gandhi
心甘情愿
delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do
不甘
unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling
甘草
licorice root
甘于
to be willing to; to be ready to; to be content with; accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
陕甘
Shaanxi and Gansu provinces
甘油
glycerine; glycerol
同甘共苦
shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows; for better or for worse
甘薯
sweet potato; Ipomoea batatas
陕甘宁
Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
甘甜
sweet
甘蓝
cabbage; Chinese broccoli; gai larn
甘迺迪
Kennedy (name) (Tw)
甘拜下风
to step down gracefully (humble expression); to concede defeat; to play second fiddle
不甘示弱
(idiom) not to be outdone
甘苦
good times and hardships; joys and tribulations; for better or for worse
善罢甘休
(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)
苦尽甘来
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
心甘
to be willing; to be satisfied