Radical 99 or radical sweet (甘部) meaning "sweet" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

← 98 Radical 99 (U+2F62) 100 →
(U+7518) "sweet"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:gān
Bopomofo:ㄍㄢ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:gan
Wade–Giles:kan1
Cantonese Yale:gām
Jyutping:gam1
Japanese Kana:カン kan (on'yomi)
あま-い ama-i (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:감 gam
Names
Japanese name(s):甘/あまい amai
甘/かん kan
Hangul:달 dal
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 22 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 101st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+3 𤮾 𤮿
+4
+5
+6
+8 (= -> )
+9
+10 𤯊
+12
+17 𤯑

Sinogram

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 [fr; ja; zh] is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language.[1] It is a secondary school kanji.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jōyō Kanji Hyō" 常用漢字表 [List of Joyo Kanji] (PDF) (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "KANJI-Link". www.kanji-link.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

Literature

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