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甘
gān
1. sweet
2. willing
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

甘
gān
sweet, tasty; willing
HSK 6 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

甘孜
Gānzī
Garze or Kandze, capital of Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture [[甘孜藏族自治州<GānzīZàngzúzìzhìzhōu>]], formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan
心甘
xīngān
to be willing
甘谷
Gāngǔ
Gangu county in Tianshui [[天水<Tiānshuǐ>]], Gansu
甘苦
gānkǔ
good times and hardships
甘州
Gānzhōu
Ganzhou district of Zhangye city [[張掖市|张掖市<Zhāngyèshì>]], Gansu
甘蓝
gānlán
cabbage
不甘
bùgān
unreconciled to
甘德
Gāndé
Gadê or Gande county (Tibetan: dga' bde rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture [[果洛州<Guǒluòzhōu>]], Qinghai
甘薯
gānshǔ
sweet potato
甘心
gānxīn
to be willing to
甘肃
Gānsù
Gansu province, abbr. [[甘<Gān>]], short name [[隴|陇<Lǒng>]], capital Lanzhou [[蘭州|兰州<Lánzhōu>]]
苦甘
kǔgān
bitter sweet
甘甜
gāntián
sweet
甘于
gānyú
to be willing to
甘蔗
gānzhe
sugar cane
甘菊
gānjú
chamomile
甘汞
gāngǒng
calomel or mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2)
甘油
gānyóu
glycerine
甘洛
Gānluò
Ganluo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture [[涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州<LiángshānYízúzìzhìzhōu>]], south Sichuan
甘泉
Gānquán
Ganquan county in Yan'an [[延安<Yánān>]], Shaanxi

Alternate Entries

甘
Gān
surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province [[甘肅省|甘肃省<GānsùShěng>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,407
Word Frequency Rank
3,747 of 84,292
Radical Number
99