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柑

gān

Character

What 柑 means

1. large tangerine

Words starting with 柑

• 柑橘gān júcitrus
• 柑橘酱gān jú jiàngmarmalade

Words containing 柑

• 广柑guǎng gāna variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc
• 橘柑jú gāntangerine; orange
• 蜜柑mì gānmandarin orange; tangerine
• 金柑jīn gānkumquat
• 佛手柑fó shǒu gānBuddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)
• 椪柑pèng gānponkan, a variety of tangerine

Characters built on 甘

These share the phonetic component 甘 (gān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 苷gānlicorice; glycoside
• 坩gāncrucible
• 酣hānintoxicated
• 邯hánused in 邯郸
• 泔gānslop from rinsing rice
• 绀gànviolet or purple
• 疳gān(TCM) chronic pediatric malnutrition disorder
• 蚶hānsmall clam (Arca inflata)

Characters that look like 柑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 桉ānEucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. àn
• 枸gōubent; crooked

Sounds the same

Read gān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 干dry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 甘(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦; to be willing (to do sth)
• 尴used in 尴尬
• 肝liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 杆(bound form) pole; shaft
• 竿(bound form) pole; rod
• 苷licorice; glycoside
• 咁so (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 这样
• 酐anhydride
• 坩crucible
• 矸used in 矸石
• 泔slop from rinsing rice