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苷

gān

Character

What 苷 means

1. licorice
2. glycoside

Words containing 苷

• 核苷hé gānnucleoside
• 氰苷qíng gāncyanogenetic glucoside
• 皂苷zào gān(chemistry) saponin
• 糖苷táng gānglucoside
• 腺苷xiàn gānadenosine
• 核苷酸hé gān suānnucleotide
• 甜菊苷tián jú gānstevioside
• 甜菊糖苷tián jú táng gānstevioside
• 花色素苷huā sè sù gānanthocyanin (biochemistry)
• 苦杏仁苷kǔ xìng rén gānamygdalin
• 脱氧核苷酸tuō yǎng hé gān suāndeoxyribonucleoside monophosphate; dNMP
• 醣苷táng gān(Taiwan) glycoside
• 三磷酸腺苷sān lín suān xiàn gānadenosine triphosphate (ATP)
• 二磷酸腺苷èr lín suān xiàn gānadenosine diphosphate (ADP)
• 肌苷酸二钠jī gān suān èr nàdisodium inosinate (E631)
• 鸟苷酸二钠niǎo gān suān èr nàdisodium guanylate (E627)
• 腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸xiàn piào lìng hé gān sān lín suānadenosine triphosphate (ATP)

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.

• 柑gānlarge tangerine
• 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 苷

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

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 芬fēnperfume; fragrance
• 茶chátea; tea plant
• 胥xūall; assist; to store
• 苜mùclover

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
• 柑large tangerine
• 咁so (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 这样
• 酐anhydride
• 坩crucible
• 矸used in 矸石
• 泔slop from rinsing rice