甘
Translingual
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Han character
甘 (Kangxi radical 99, 甘+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 廿一 (TM), four-corner 44770, composition ⿻廿一)
- Kangxi radical #99, ⽢.
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 753, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21643
- Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2413, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7518
Chinese
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甘 |
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Glyph origin
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-klum (“sweet”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Cognate with Mizo thlum, Lepcha [script needed] (khlyam).
Possibly related to 甜 (OC *l'iːm, “sweet”) and 柑 (OC *kaːm, “mandarin orange”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gam1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâm
- Eastern Min (BUC): kăng
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gan
- Wade–Giles: kan1
- Yale: gān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
- Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gam1
- Yale: gām
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm
- Hakka Romanization System: gamˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gam1
- Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kăng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- kaⁿ - vernacular;
- kam - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gam1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kam
- Sinological IPA (key): /kam³³/
- Middle Chinese: kam
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ[a]m/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kaːm/
Definitions
- sweet
- willingly
- a surname
- 甘為-霖/甘为-霖 [Hokkien] ― Kam Ûi-lîm [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― William Campbell / Kam Ûi-lîm (a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Taiwan)
- Short for 甘肅/甘肃 (Gānsù, “Gansu”).
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
甘
Readings
- Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)←かん (kan, historical)←かむ (kamu, ancient)
- Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)←かん (kan, historical)←かむ (kamu, ancient)
- Kun: あまい (amai, 甘い, Jōyō); うまい (umai, 甘い); あまんじる (amanjiru, 甘んじる); あまやかす (amayakasu, 甘やかす, Jōyō); あまえる (amaeru, 甘える, Jōyō)
Etymology
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甘 |
かん Grade: S |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 甘 (MC kam).
Pronunciation
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Affix
Derived terms
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
甘 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune–Reischauer kam, Yale kam)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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