The Chinese Radical: 甘


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Meaning
sweet    甘

Explanation A laughing mouth 廿/口 with something sweet 一.

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
sweet
tián
Left: tongue 舌, right: sweet 甘 (A laughing mouth 廿 with sth. 一 in.)
On the tongue is sth. sweet that really is sweet.
HSK 4
very, extraordinary, any
shén, shèn
Image of a grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing), bottom: angle
A grain shovel with an extra angle makes it very extraordinary.
HSK 5
a certain, some(thing), such-and-such
mǒu
Top: sweet 甘 (Laughing mouth 廿 with sth. 一 in), bottom: tree 木
Sweets from the tree for a certain person.
HSK 6
to inlay, to embed, nesting, tesselation
qiàn
Top: mountain 山 (here: mountain-like = an up-and-down profile/relief), bottom: sweet 甘 (mouth 廿 with sth. sweet 一 ), lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 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.
HSK 6
sweet, willing
gān
Variation of mouth 廿 with sth. inside 一
In her laughing mouth is sth. sweet.
no HSK
pincers, pliers, tongs, claw (of animal), to clamp
qián
Left: metal 钅/金, right: sweet 甘 (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet 一 between teeth)
Made of metal and it can hold sth. 一 like with teeth 廿, the: pinchers.
no HSK
drunk, intoxicated
hān
Left: alcohol 酉, right: sweet 甘 (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet 一 between teeth)
(You don't taste the percentage in sweet cocktails.) Alcohol that is sweet, makes you drunk.
no HSK
name of a district in Hebei
hán
Left: sweet 甘 (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet 一 between teeth), right: village⻏
A sweet village is this district.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.
廿

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