然 (rán)
correct; so; -ly (suffix)
How 然 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Traditional
- 然
- Simplified
- 然 (unchanged)
Components
- 月 moon
- 犬 dog
- 灬 fire
Common words using 然
- 依然 yīrán
- still; as before
- 居然 jūrán
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
- 果然 guǒrán
- really; sure enough; as expected
- 然後 ránhòu
- after; then (afterwards); after that
- 突然 tūrán
- sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 竟然 jìngrán
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything
- 自然 zìrán
- nature; natural; naturally
- 雖然 suīrán
- although; even though; even if
- 不然 bùrán
- not so; no; or else
- 仍然 réngrán
- still; yet
- 偶然 ǒurán
- incidentally; occasional; occasionally
- 坦然 tǎnrán
- calm; undisturbed
然 in a sentence
A: 你要去嗎？ B: 當然！
A: Nǐ yào qù ma? B: Dāngrán!
“A: Are you going? B: Of course!”
How common is 然?
然 is the 55th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 31.9% of all running text.
Characters that appear with 然
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