U+7518 "甘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+7518 "甘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "sweet" or "pleasant," often associated with taste and flavor, and is also used as a phonetic component in other characters. Its radical is the "sweet" radical itself (甘), and it appears in compounds related to sweetness, willingness, or voluntary action, such as in the word "甘心" meaning "willingly" or "contentedly." In addition to its literal sense, the character carries cultural connotations of harmony and satisfaction, and it is occasionally used as a surname or in historical contexts. The character is composed of five strokes in a specific stroke order that suggests a mouth containing a sweet morsel, reflecting its etymology rooted in a pictograph of something delicious.