甘
gān
abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
surname Gan; (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do sth)
enclosed top (卄) + two (二) = sweet and willing
The two horizontal strokes (二) inside the enclosing top suggest something held and savored — a sweetness worth pausing over. Together the components evoke the idea of something gathered and relished, which extends naturally to willingness and pleasant experience.
他甘愿放弃这份工作，去照顾家人。
tā gān yuàn fàng qì zhè fèn gōng zuò，qù zhào gù jiā rén。
he is willing to give up this job to take care of his family.
她不甘心就这样输掉比赛，决定再努力一次。
tā bù gān xīn jiù zhè yàng shū diào bǐ sài，jué dìng zài nǔ lì yī cì。
she was not willing to accept losing the match like that, and decided to try hard one more time.
Words with 甘
甘愿
gān yuàn
willingly
野甘蓝
yě gān lán
European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
阿甘正传
ā gān zhèng zhuàn
Forrest Gump
陕甘
shǎn gān
Shaanxi and Gansu provinces
陕甘宁
shǎn gān níng
Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
食之无味，弃之不甘
shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī bù gān
see 食之無味，棄之可惜|食之无味，弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1]
饫甘餍肥
yù gān yàn féi
to live off the fat of the land (idiom)
余甘子
yú gān zǐ
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
三酸甘油酯
sān suān gān yóu zhǐ
triglyceride
上甘岭
shàng gān lǐng
see 上甘嶺區|上甘岭区[Shang4 gan1 ling3 Qu1]
上甘岭区
shàng gān lǐng qū
Shangganling, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
不甘示弱
bù gān shì ruò
(idiom) not to be outdone