⽢

sweet

gān (gan1)

Radical no. 99 · 5 strokes (第 99 部首 · 5 画 dì 99 bùshǒu · 5 huà)

Radical ⽢ (gān) — meaning: sweet, 5 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from the pictographic representation of sweetness or a sweet substance in ancient scripts. It developed from seal-script forms and represents the concept of "sweet" or "sweetness."

Mnemonic: The shape resembles a head or mouth with a curved stroke below, like a smiling face tasting something sweet.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

5 characters

Stroke count

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Sort

Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 甘gān

    (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant)

    5 strokes

  • 甚shèn

    excessive; undue

    9 strokes

  • 甜tián

    sweet

    HSK 3

    11 strokes

  • 甛tián

    old variant of 甜[tian2]

    11 strokes

  • 甝hán

    white tiger

    13 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.