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苷
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licorice

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
gān
カン、コン
A sweet 甘 plant 艹; 甘 also provides the pronunciation
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 甘 sweet =
苷 licorice
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
甘 Meaning component
gān sweet
sweetness
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
苷
Regular
Modern
Chinese
苷 [gān]
licorice; glycoside
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (17)
核苷酸 [hé​gān​suān] #23,663
nucleotide
腺苷 [xiàn​gān] #30,135
adenosine
核苷 [hé​gān] #43,788
nucleoside
糖苷 [táng​gān] #49,542
glucoside
三磷酸腺苷 [sān​lín​suān​xiàn​gān]
adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
二磷酸腺苷 [èr​lín​suān​xiàn​gān]
adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
氰苷 [qíng​gān]
cyanogenetic glucoside
肌苷酸二钠 [jī​gān​suān​'èr​nà]
disodium inosinate (E631)
肌苷酸二钠 [jī​gān​suān​'èr​nà]
disodium inosinate (E631)
脱氧核苷酸 [tuō​yǎng​hé​gān​suān]
deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate
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