甘 · gān

sweet

Radical pronunciation

Radical summary

#99

Kangxi

5

Strokes

#75

Frequency

Visual hint

A mouth tasting sweetness: a horizontal inside a small square like a tongue touching something sweet.

Suggests sweetness, pleasant flavor, pleasure, or willingness.

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甘

2 examples

甜

tián

sweet; affectionate

HSK 3

某

mǒu

a certain; someone/something

HSK 5

Sweet radical. Found in 甘 (sweet), 甜 (sweet/affectionate), 某 (a certain/some).

A sugarcane piece on the tip of the tongue — the horizontal inside is the sweetness lingering in the mouth.

曰: 甘 has a horizontal inside and is squarish; 曰 is also wider horizontally than 日.

What radical is this: 甘?