Chinese Etymology

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Chinese Etymology

Uncle Hanzi (汉字叔叔)
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Character:

Character (單一漢字)
English Senses For (英文): han1
[productive phonetic] / suck

English Senses For (英文): gan1
tasty / luscious / delicious / sweet / willing / to enjoy / pleasant / pleasing / a Chinese family name

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 7518
GB2312-80 := B8CA


Simplification (簡化方法):
no simplification
traditional = simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 7518
Big5 := A5CC


(聲字部分):
甘 gan1 han1 (productive phonetic)

(有意部分):
甘 remnant


Etymology (文字來源):
Remnant Primitive, something sweet in the mouth 口

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

Spoken Chinese and Other Languages

Unicode Tests

Chinese Equivalent Websites

Chinese Encoding and Conversion

Enable XP for maximum Chinese

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
美也從口含一一道也凡甘之屬皆從甘


Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S03478

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L33877 L33878 L33879 L12763 L12765 L12766 L12767
L12768 L12769 L12770 L12771 L12772 L12773 L12774


Bronze (金文编) Characters - none known


Oracle (甲骨文编裏的字) Characters

J11245 J11246 J11247

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