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Kanji Detail for 甘 - "sweet, gentle, pleasant"
甘
- Meaning
甘 means "sweet, gentle, pleasant."
Sweet - Sweetness; one of the five tastes.
Lenient - Loose; not strict; dull.
To accept - To be content; to be satisfied; to resign oneself to.
Delicious - Tasty; pleasant; good.
To enjoy - To find tasty; to appreciate.
Not strict - Insufficient; not thorough.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
sweetness; sweet, tasty
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Gan; abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sweet, tasty; willing
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Sweet taste. | All delicious foods are called 甘. Such as 肥甘 (rich and sweet), 甘旨 (delicious). What the heart desires is called 甘. Such as saying 甘為人下 (willing to be under others), 甘居人後 (willing to stay behind others).
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Sentences including 甘
The girl played the baby to her mother.
Your view is too optimistic.
He is unrealistic.
He likes sweets.
甘いなあ。
He's a pushover.
このケーキは甘い。
This cake is sweet.
The teacher grades easily.
何か甘いものがほしい。
I want something sweet to eat.
My sister likes sweets.
Don't spoil the children.