橄 (gaam3 gam2 | qian3 gan3) : olive

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橄

gaam3 gam2

qian3 gan3

olive (tree or fruit)

Jyutping gam2 is standard (literary) reading, but more people prefer the variant (colloquial) gaam3.

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

橄

This word has been viewed 2655 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Jan 2012 01:45

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橄欖球 gaam3 laam5*2 kau4 gan3 lan3 qiu2 = rugby football; American (gridiron) football

橄欖 gaam3 laam5*2 gan3 lan3 = olive

橄欖樹 gaam3 laam5*2 syu6 gan3 lan3 shu4 = the olive tree

橄欖油 gaam3 laam5*2 jau4 gan3 lan3 you2 = olive oil

美式橄欖球 mei5 sik1 gaam3 laam5*2 kau4 mei3 shi4 gan3 lan3 qiu2 = American football

橄欖石 gaam3 laam5*2 sek6 gan3 lan3 shi2 = olivine, peridot

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Decimal representation of this word: 橄
Unicode code for this character: U+6a44 (off-site link)

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