甘 is the Japanese kanji for sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary. It is written with 5 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is あま.い、あま.える、あま.やかす and its on reading is カン.
Stroke order
Words with 甘
- 甘いsweet-tasting, sweet, sugary
- 甘えるto behave like a spoiled child, to fawn on
- 甘みsweetness, sugary taste
- 甘えoverdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors), lack of self-reliance, presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour)
- 甘やかすto pamper, to spoil
- 甘受submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.), putting up with, resigning oneself to
Practice 甘 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.