泔 (gān): slops; waste water from rinsing…

Meanings

农村常用泔水喂猪。

Nóngcūn cháng yòng gānshuǐ wèi zhū.

In the countryside slop water is often used to feed pigs.

饭店必须妥善处理泔水。

Fàndiàn bìxū tuǒshàn chǔlǐ gānshuǐ.

Restaurants must dispose of kitchen slops properly.

usage

Used in 泔水 — the dirty water left from rinsing rice or washing dishes, traditionally collected as pig feed (also called 潲水 in the south).

radical

氵 shuǐ

water

The water radical, the left-side form of 水, marks this as a kind of water, here the murky leftover wash water.

phonetic

甘 gān

sweet

Supplies the sound directly: 甘 is read gān, matching the whole character (the 'sweet' meaning is not involved here).

泔 gān