甘 means “sweet”

あまい · amai

Also: coax, pamper, be content

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あまい, あまえる, あまやかす, うまい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン

JLPT N4 · Taught in secondary school · 5 strokes

The story

Honey and sugar: simple pleasures that bring joy to the palate and warmth to the heart.

Used to describe taste and also metaphorically for kindness

Its parts

• 甘 Sweet · Entire character

Something held in the mouth to savor: sweet

Kanji that look like 甘

• 廿 (twenty): 甘 has a closed bottom, 廿 is open: sweetness is contained

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.