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泔

gān
noun #82,692

Meanings

  1. 1 slops; waste water from rinsing rice or washing dishes

Examples

HSK 3
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.
HSK 7-9
饭店必须妥善处理泔水。
Fàndiàn bìxū tuǒshàn chǔlǐ gānshuǐ.
Restaurants must dispose of kitchen slops properly.

Tips

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).

Components

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).

Stroke Order

泔 gān