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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
gān - surname Gan
- abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1su4 Sheng3]
gān - (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant)
- to be willing (to do sth)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 5,428 2,188 681

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Picture of a tongue with 一 marking the sweet spot

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 5,428 2,188 681
甘油 - - 14,302 16,984 19,302
心甘情愿 - - 14,932 16,244 8,938
甘愿 - - 15,803 20,185 12,170
甘心 6 9 15,931 19,253 14,017
甘蓝 - - 16,926 55,105 37,996
甘草 - - 18,804 13,049 17,898
甘蔗 - - 19,167 14,931 13,156
甘甜 - - 27,234 28,768 15,524
同甘共苦 - - 31,080 34,993 20,468
甘地 - - 31,935 - -
甘薯 - - 36,116 44,974 45,327
不甘 - - 36,814 16,188 12,730
硝酸甘油 - - 39,980 - -
苦尽甘来 6 - 44,913 57,987 32,438
甘于 - - 45,164 35,678 25,876
甘苦 - - 52,783 43,018 33,106
甘德 - - 60,099 - -
不甘寂寞 - - 62,657 40,721 35,002
甘泉 - - 66,565 43,092 38,284
不甘示弱 - - 67,629 31,557 41,602
甘心情愿 - - 69,254 74,159 42,324
甘菊 - - 72,014 - -
甘之如饴 - - 90,293 76,271 39,143