| 甘 | |
|---|---|
Radical 99 (U+2F62)
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| 甘 (U+7518) "sweet" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | gān |
| Bopomofo: | ㄍㄢ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | gan |
| Wade–Giles: | kan1 |
| Cantonese Yale: | gām |
| Jyutping: | gam1 |
| Japanese Kana: | カン kan (on'yomi) あま-い ama-i (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 감 gam |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 甘/あまい amai 甘/かん kan |
| Hangul: | 달 dal |
| Stroke order animation | |
Radical 99 or radical sweet (甘部) meaning "sweet" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 22 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
甘 is also the 101st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
甘 is sometimes represented as 日 in 音, 香, and 旨. See also 曰.
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 甘 |
| +3 | 𤮾 𤮿 甙 |
| +4 | 甚 |
| +5 | 㽍 |
| +6 | 甛 甜 |
| +8 | 㽎 甝 甞 (=嘗 -> 口) |
| +9 | 㽏 |
| +10 | 㽐 𤯊 |
| +12 | 㽑 |
| +17 | 𤯑 |
甘 is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language. It is a secondary school kanji.