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甘 - gān

sweetness; sweet, tasty

sweetness; sweet, tasty

How to read 甘

Click 甘 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyingān
Englishsweetness; sweet, tasty
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

甘南 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 甘味. Please read 甘地 one more time.

Common words with this character

see 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 甘南縣|甘南县[Gan1 nan2 Xian4]
sweetness; sweet taste
Gandhi
see 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 甘孜縣|甘孜县[Gan1 zi1 Xian4]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 甘 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 甘南 and 甘味 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 甘.