(gān)

9 strokes

large tangerine

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
gān
Meaning
large tangerine
Strokes
9
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰木甘

A tree 木 bearing sweet fruit 甘; 甘 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

guǎng广gān

a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc

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pènggān

ponkan, a variety of tangerine

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