Radical 99

甘
Radical 99 (U+2F62)
甘 (U+7518) "sweet"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:gān
Bopomofo:ㄍㄢ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:gan
Wade–Giles:kan1
Cantonese Yale:gām
Jyutping:gam1
Japanese Kana:カン kan (on'yomi)
あま-い ama-i (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:감 gam
Names
Japanese name(s):甘/あまい amai
甘/かん kan
Hangul:달 dal
Stroke order animation

Radical 99 or radical sweet (甘部) meaning "sweet" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 22 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

甘 is also the 101st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 甘
+3 𤮾 𤮿 甙
+4 甚
+5 㽍
+6 甛 甜
+8 㽎 甝 甞 (=嘗 -> 口)
+9 㽏
+10 㽐 𤯊
+12 㽑
+17 𤯑

Sinogram

甘 is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language.[1] It is a secondary school kanji.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jōyō Kanji Hyō" 常用漢字表 [List of Joyo Kanji] (PDF) (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "KANJI-Link". www.kanji-link.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

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