# 甘

| 甘 | U+7518, &#29976; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7518 |
| ← 甗 [U+7517] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 甙 → [U+7519] |
| ⽢ | U+2F62, &#12130; KANGXI RADICAL SWEET |
| ← ⽡ [U+2F61] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽣ → [U+2F63] |

## Translingual
### Han character

甘 (Kangxi radical 99, 甘+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 廿一 (TM), four-corner 4477$_0$, composition ⿻廿一)
* Kangxi radical #99, ⽢.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/甘
* 佄, 咁, 坩, 姏, 𡶑, 𭚩, 㤌, 拑, 泔, 𭤭, 柑, 㶰, 玵, 𦚕, 𭾧, 𥑠, 𥞈, 𥩩, 粓, 紺(绀), 𦕐, 蚶, 𧣑, 詌(𬣠), 𧮳, 𧵊(𬥴), 𫏄, 酣, 𨱫, 𫥕, 𭉀, 鉗(钳), 𤊼, 𫺦, 𩖺, 𩚵(𩠁), 𩢨, 魽(𫠐), 黚, 𫴐, 𪖟, 𪗳(𬹾)
* 邯, 𣢟, 𢎌, 𨚠, 䲺, 某, 䗣, 𠤔, 𭇐, 𭓣, 苷, 𥞌, 䇞, 雸, 𩬚, 𬓶, 𪏽, 𢇾, 疳, 𨳼

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 753, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21643
* Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2413, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7518

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 甘 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 紺 | *kɯːms |
| 姏 | *mɡaːm |
| 嵌 | *sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm |
| 甘 | *kaːm |
| 柑 | *kaːm |
| 苷 | *kaːm |
| 泔 | *kaːm |
| 坩 | *kaːm, *kʰaːm |
| 蚶 | *ɢaːm, *ɢaːm |
| 酣 | *ɢaːm |
| 甝 | *ɢaːm |
| 魽 | *ɢaːm |
| 邯 | *ɡaːm, *ɡaːm |
| 鉗 | *ɡram |
| 箝 | *ɡram |
| 黚 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 拑 | *ɡram |
Ideogram (指事) – something (perhaps sweet) in an open mouth; the original drawing is 𠁿. Original form of 含. See also 敢, 旨, 香, and 音.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-klum (“sweet”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Cognate with Mizo thlum, Lepcha [script needed] (khlyam).
Possibly related to 含 (OC *ɡɯːm, “to keep in mouth”) and 甜 (OC *l'iːm, “sweet”), 柑 (MC kam, “mandarin orange”) (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gān (gan$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gan$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ган (gan, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gam$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gon$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kâm
    (Hailu, HRS): gam$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gam$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): gan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gó̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): găng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gang$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kam / kaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gam$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$koe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gān
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gan
*** Wade–Giles: kan$^1$
*** Yale: gān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
*** Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kän⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gan
*** Sinological IPA : /kan⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ган (gan, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^1$
*** Yale: gām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kam³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm
*** Hakka Romanization System: gam$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gam$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: gan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gó̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: găng
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam
*** Tâi-lô: kam
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kafm
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: kann
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kvaf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kã⁴⁴/
* kam - literary;
* kaⁿ - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: kam
Rime :
| Character | 甘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 談 (143) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古三切 |
| Baxter | kam |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kam/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑm/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɑm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gam$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ[a]m/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːm/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 甘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kam › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁ[a]m/ |
| English | sweet |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 甘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3652 |
| Phonetic component | 甘 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 甘 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːm/ |

### Definitions

甘
* sweet
    甘甜 ― gāntián ― sweet
    甘蔗 ― gānzhe ― sugar cane
* pleasant; satisfactory
* willingly; readily
    甘心 ― gānxīn ― to be willing to
    甘願／甘愿 ― gānyuàn ― willingly
* (Cantonese, ironic) bitter; difficult to bear
    Alternative form: 金 (gam$^1$)
    輸到好甘／输到好甘 [Cantonese] ― syu$^1$ dou$^3$ hou$^2$ gam$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to lose tremendously
    畀人𨃩鑊甘／畀人𨃩镬甘 [Cantonese] ― bei$^2$ jan$^4$ sin$^3$ wok$^6$ gam$^1$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
       wok$^6$ wok$^6$ san$^1$ sin$^1$ wok$^6$ wok$^6$ gam$^1$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* a surname
    甘寧／甘宁 ― Gān Níng ― Gan Ning (military general serving under Sun Quan in the late Eastern Han dynasty)
* Short for 甘肅／甘肃 (Gānsù, “Gansu”).
    Synonym: 隴 / 陇 (lǒng)

#### Synonyms

* (sweet):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 甘, 甜 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 甜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 甜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 甜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 甜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 甜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 甜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 甜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 甜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 甜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 甜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 甜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 甜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 甜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 甜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 甜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 甜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 甜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 甜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 甜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 甜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 甜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 甜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 甜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 甜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 甜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 甜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 甜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 甜 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 甜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 甜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 甜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 甜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 甜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 甜 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 甜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 甜 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 甜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 甜 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 甜 |
| Jin | Datong | 甜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 甜 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 甜 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 甜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 甜 |
| Jin | Jining | 甜 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 甜 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 甜 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 甜 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 甜 |
| Jin | Handan | 甜 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 甜 |
| Jin | Suide | 甜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 甜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 甜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 甜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 甜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 甜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 甜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 甜 |
| Wu | Danyang | 甜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 甜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 甜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 甜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 甜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 甜 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 甜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 甜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 甜 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “sweet”): 苦 (kǔ)

### Compounds

* 不甘 (bùgān)
* 不甘寂寞 (bùgānjìmò)
* 不甘後人 / 不甘后人 (bùgānhòurén)
* 不甘心
* 不甘示弱 (bùgānshìruò)
* 不甘雌伏
* 不甘食貧 / 不甘食贫
* 不知甘苦
* 供膳甘肥
* 倒吃甘蔗
* 分甘
* 分甘共苦
* 同甘共苦 (tónggāngòngkǔ)
* 同甘同苦
* 善罷甘休 / 善罢甘休 (shànbàgānxiū)
* 嚥苦吞甘 / 咽苦吞甘
* 回甘 (huígān)
* 幣厚言甘 / 币厚言甘
* 幣重言甘 / 币重言甘
* 心甘情願 / 心甘情愿 (xīngānqíngyuàn)
* 旨甘
* 普降甘霖
* 樂貧甘賤 / 乐贫甘贱
* 沛雨甘霖
* 爐甘石 / 炉甘石 (lúgānshí)
* 甘之如薺 / 甘之如荠
* 甘之如飴 / 甘之如饴 (gānzhīrúyí)
* 甘之若素
* 甘之若飴 / 甘之若饴
* 甘井先竭 (gānjǐngxiānjié)
* 甘休 (gānxiū)
* 甘伏
* 甘冒虎口
* 甘冽
* 甘分
* 甘分隨時 / 甘分随时
* 甘加 (Gānjiā)
* 甘受 (gānshòu)
* 甘味 (gānwèi)
* 甘地主義 / 甘地主义
* 甘塘坳 (Gāntáng'ào)
* 甘始
* 甘孜 (Gānzī)
* 甘孜藏族自治州 (Gānzī Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu)
* 甘家廠 / 甘家厂 (Gānjiāchǎng)
* 甘居中游
* 甘心 (gānxīn)
* 甘心如薺 / 甘心如荠
* 甘心情願 / 甘心情愿
* 甘心瞑目
* 甘心鈇鉞 / 甘心𫓧钺
* 甘拜下風 / 甘拜下风 (gānbàixiàfēng)
* 甘旨
* 甘旨肥濃 / 甘旨肥浓
* 甘服
* 甘木 (Gānmù)
* 甘棠 (gāntáng)
* 甘棠之惠
* 甘棠有蔭 / 甘棠有荫
* 甘棠遺愛 / 甘棠遗爱
* 甘死如飴 / 甘死如饴 (gānsǐrúyí)
* 甘比亞 / 甘比亚 (Gānbǐyà)
* 甘毳
* 甘水
* 甘油 (gānyóu)
* 甘泉 (gānquán)
* 甘泉必竭
* 甘涼 / 甘凉
* 甘珠爾 / 甘珠尔
* 甘瓜苦蒂
* 甘甜 (gāntián)
* 甘盡苦來 / 甘尽苦来
* 甘納豆 / 甘纳豆
* 甘紫菜
* 甘結 / 甘结 (gānjié)
* 甘羅 / 甘罗
* 甘美 (gānměi)
* 甘羞
* 甘肅 / 甘肃 (Gānsù)
* 甘脆 (gāncuì)
* 甘膬
* 甘芳
* 甘苦 (gānkǔ)
* 甘茂
* 甘草 (gāncǎo)
* 甘草人物
* 甘草粉
* 甘菊 (gānjú)
* 甘蔗
* 甘蔗板
* 甘蔗顛子 / 甘蔗颠子
* 甘蕉 (gānjiāo)
* 甘藍 / 甘蓝 (gānlán)
* 甘薯 (gānshǔ)
* 甘薯簽 / 甘薯签
* 甘薯葉 / 甘薯叶
* 甘藷 / 甘薯 (gānshǔ)
* 甘處下流 / 甘处下流
* 甘蠅 / 甘蝇
* 甘言 (gānyán)
* 甘言厚幣 / 甘言厚币
* 甘言厚禮 / 甘言厚礼
* 甘言好辭 / 甘言好辞
* 甘言巧辭 / 甘言巧辞
* 甘言美語 / 甘言美语
* 甘谷 (Gāngǔ)
* 甘貧守分 / 甘贫守分
* 甘貧守志 / 甘贫守志
* 甘貧守節 / 甘贫守节
* 甘貧樂道 / 甘贫乐道
* 甘迺迪角
* 甘醴
* 甘限
* 甘雨 (gānyǔ)
* 甘雨隨車 / 甘雨随车
* 甘霖 (gānlín)
* 甘露 (gānlù)
* 甘露之變 / 甘露之变
* 甘露子
* 甘露水漿 / 甘露水浆
* 甘露法雨
* 甘露滋心
* 甘願 / 甘愿 (gānyuàn)
* 甘食褕衣
* 甘馨之費 / 甘馨之费
* 甘鮮 / 甘鲜
* 甜甘
* 硝化甘油 (xiāohuàgānyóu)
* 結球甘藍 / 结球甘蓝 (jiéqiú gānlán)
* 絕甘分少 / 绝甘分少
* 美甘甘
* 美食甘寢 / 美食甘寝
* 肥甘
* 自甘墮落 / 自甘堕落 (zìgānduòluò)
* 苦盡甘來 / 苦尽甘来 (kǔjìngānlái)
* 荒漠甘泉
* 莫甘
* 蒲甘 (Púgān)
* 蔫甘
* 褕衣甘食
* 誓不甘休
* 輸服甘結 / 输服甘结
* 食不求甘
* 食不甘味
* 飫甘饜肥 / 饫甘餍肥
* 黃甘甘 / 黄甘甘

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “甘”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 194.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* sweet

#### Readings

* Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kun: あまい (amai, 甘い, Jōyō)、うまい (umai, 甘い)、あまんじる (amanjiru, 甘んじる)、あまやかす (amayakasu, 甘やかす, Jōyō)、あまえる (amaeru, 甘える, Jōyō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 甘
* かん Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 甘 (MC kam).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kã̠ɴ]
* IPA: [a̠ma̠i]

### Affix

甘(かん) • (kan)
* delicious
* sweet-tasting; sweet
* pleasant; pleased; content

#### Derived terms

* 甘井(かんせい) (kansei): sweet well
* 甘精(かんせい) (kansei): saccharin
* 甘草(かんぞう) (kanzō): licorice
* 甘藍(かんらん) (kanran): cabbage

## Korean
### Hanja

甘 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune–Reischauer kam, Yale kam)
* sweet

## Vietnamese
### Han character

甘: Hán Nôm readings: cam
* chữ Hán form of cam (“sweetness; to be content with; to pledge”).

#### Compounds

* 同甘共苦 (đồng cam cộng khổ)
* 甘分 (cam phận)
* 甘心 (cam tâm)
* 甘端 (cam đoan)
* 甘結 (cam kết)
* 甘草 (cam thảo)
* 甘𠹾 (cam chịu)
* 甘𢚸 (cam lòng)
* 苦盡甘來 (khổ tận cam lai)