(gān)

8 strokes

licorice

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
gān
Meaning
licorice; glycoside
Strokes
8
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱艹甘

A sweet 甘 plant 艹; 甘 also provides the pronunciation

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

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

8 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.

qínggān

cyanogenetic glucoside

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zàogān

(chemistry) saponin

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