然
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Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 肰 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "burn", now written as 燃. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
然
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
然
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
然
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
然
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
然
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
然
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
然
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
然
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
然
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
然 [rán]
correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
Japanese
Korean
연 [然]
-yeon; A suffix used to mean "to pretend to be someone or something" or "to show off as if he/she were someone or something."
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
然 しかり
Shikari female given name
然 ぜん
Zen unclassified name
然 もゆ
Moyu female given name
然 らん
Ran female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
然后 [ránhòu] #145
after
然后 [ránhòu] #145
after
当然 [dāngrán] #163
only natural
当然 [dāngrán] #163
only natural
虽然 [suīrán] #629
although
虽然 [suīrán] #629
although
突然 [tūrán] #726
sudden
自然 [zìrán] #1,241
nature
仍然 [réngrán] #1,027
still
居然 [jūrán] #1,043
unexpectedly
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