gān pleasant; sweet


Similar looking characters : 廿 niàn (twenty)
Made with 5 strokes.
An ancient picture of a mouth with the line representing something sweet
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Sounds same

gān (liver) gān (pole)

Different tone

gǎn (to overtake) gàn (do)

Radical

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 甘
Stroke order for character 甘, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Provinces

甘肃 Gansu

Proverbs

苦尽甘来 kǔ jìn gān lái After troubles comes happiness
心甘情愿 xīn gān qíng yuàn Delighted to be able to help