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甘

甘 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sweet”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1894. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword
sweet
RTK frame
1894
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あま.い, あま.える, あま.やかす, うま.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
wicker basket, picnic basket, сладкий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
甘 sweetness

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 甘

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