The Chinese Radical: 甘


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Meaning
sweet    甘

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
sweet
tián
Left: tongue , right: sweet (A laughing mouth 廿 with sth. in.)
On the tongue is sth. sweet that really is sweet.
JLPT HSK 4
very, extraordinary, any
shén, shèn
Image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), bottom: angle
A grain shovel with an extra angle makes it very extraordinary.
JLPT HSK 5
a certain, some(thing), such-and-such
mǒu
Top: sweet (Laughing mouth 廿 with sth. in), bottom: tree
Sweets from the tree for a certain person.
JLPT HSK 6
to inlay, to embed, nesting, tesselation
qiàn
Top: mountain (here: mountain-like = an up-and-down profile/relief), bottom: sweet (mouth 廿 with sth. sweet ), lack (A yawning person is lacking sth)
In an up-down profile or an empty open mouth you can (where it is lacking) put in: an inlay or tesselation
JLPT HSK 6
sweet, willing
gān
Variation of mouth 廿 with sth. inside
In her laughing mouth is sth. sweet.
JLPT no HSK
pincers, pliers, tongs, claw (of animal), to clamp
qián
Left: metal 钅/, right: sweet (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet between teeth)
Made of metal and it can hold sth. like with teeths 廿, the: pinchers.
JLPT no HSK
drunk, intoxicated
hān
Left: alcohol , right: sweet (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet between teeth)
(You don't taste the percentage in sweet cocktails.) Alcohol that is sweet, makes you drunk.
JLPT no HSK
name of a district in Hebei
hán
Left: sweet (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet between teeth), right: village
A sweet village is this district.

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