柑

gān
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large tangerine

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

柑 has 木, wood, as its meaning part and 甘 gān, a mouth with something inside, as both meaning and sound part. It first meant a wooden bit for a horse bridle. The tangerine meaning was borrowed only for its sound, with no link to the bit.

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Homophones

干gān
do
干gān
do
杆gān
pole, staff
肝gān
liver
甘gān
(bound form) sweet

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