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
硝化甘油
xiāo huà gān yóu
nitroglycerine
甘德
gān dé
Gadê or Gande county (Tibetan: dga' bde rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai
甘油
gān yóu
glycerine
陕甘宁
shǎn gān níng
Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
苦尽甘来
kǔ jìn gān lái
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
甘之如饴
gān zhī rú yí
lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
甘迺迪
gān nǎi dí
Kennedy (name) (Tw)
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