甜(tián)

HSK 311 strokes

sweet

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Character information

Pinyin
tián
Meaning
sweet
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 甜 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰舌甘

Something tasty 甘 to the tongue 舌

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

Made of

舌shé甘gān

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 甜 step by step

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

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Words with 甜

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

suān酸tián甜kǔ苦là辣
HSK 5

(lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)

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tián甜měi美
HSK 7-9

sweet

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tián甜mì蜜
HSK 7-9

sweet

Open 甜蜜 page →
tián甜tóu头
HSK 7-9

sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit

Open 甜头 page →
jiā加tián甜

sweeten

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kǒu口tián甜

soft-spoken; affable; full of honeyed words

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zuǐ嘴tián甜

sweet-talking; ingratiating

Open 嘴甜 page →
zuǐ嘴tián甜xīn心kǔ苦

sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery

Open 嘴甜心苦 page →

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

From 甜’s common words

酸苦辣美蜜头加口

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