甘 (gam1 | gan1) : sweet; pleasant; willingly; a surname

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甘

gam1

gan1

[1] [adj] sweet; tasty; delicious | [Ant] 苦
[2] [adj] pleasant; satisfactory; timely
[3] [adv] willingly; readily; of one's own accord
[4] [n] a Chinese surname

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 甘 (#99)

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

甘

Don't confuse with:
廿

This word has been viewed 10245 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Jan 2015 13:16

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甘心 gam1 sam1 gan1 xin1 = willing; happy

楊枝甘露 joeng4 zi1 gam1 lou6 yang2 zhi1 gan1 lu4 = a type of drink made of mango sago with pomelo

唔甘願 m4 gam1 jyun6 = not accepting 粵

不甘心 bat1 gam1 sam1 bu4 gan1 xin1 = not accepting 國

甘蔗 gam1 ze3 gan1 zhe4 = sugarcane

苦盡甘來 fu2 zeon6 gam1 loi4 = after suffering comes happiness

甘筍 gam1 seon2 = carrot

不甘後人 bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4 = cannot bear playing second fiddle 國

眼甘甘 ngaan5 gam1 gam1 = gawk, stare at; seeing greedily

不甘 bat1 gam1 bu4 gan1 = unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling 國
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 甘
Unicode code for this character: U+7518 (off-site link)

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