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柑

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large tangerine

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Strokes
9
Radical
木 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
柑
Common rank
#3,384
Unicode
U+67D1

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Formation & memory

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How 柑 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A tree 木 bearing sweet fruit 甘; 甘 also provides the pronunciation

Components 木 甘

Words with 柑

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WordPinyinMeaning
佛手柑 fó shǒu gān Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)
金柑 jīn gān kumquat
广柑 guǎng gān a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc
柑橘酱 gān jú jiàng marmalade
蜜柑 mì gān mandarin orange; tangerine
柑橘 gān jú citrus
橘柑 jú gān tangerine; orange
椪柑 pèng gān ponkan, a variety of tangerine