然 (rán): meaning and stroke order
然 (rán) means correct, right, so, thus, like this, -ly.
然
- Simplified
- 然
- Traditional
- 然 (same form)
- Pinyin
- rán
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Stroke order of 然
然
- rán correct; right
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 然
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rán
- correct
- right
- so
- thus
- like this
- -ly
Radical and structure
- 然
- Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 12 strokes
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Words with 然
- 不然 bù rán not so; no
- 然后 rán hòu then; after that; afterwards
- 然而 rán ér however; but; yet
- 当然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be
- 果然 guǒ rán really; sure enough
- 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 显然 xiǎn rán clearly; evidently; obviously
- 突然 tū rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 纵然 zòng rán even if; even though
- 忽然 hū rán suddenly; all of a sudden
- 轰然 hōng rán loudly; with a loud bang
- 既然 jì rán since; as; this being the case
然 in our stories
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名字的最后，有一行小字：“荒年，官府禁止私放粮食，然人命关天，不敢见死不救。记此，勿让子孙忘。”
míngzi de zuìhòu yǒu yì háng xiǎozì huāngnián guānfǔ jìnzhǐ sī fàng liángshi rán rénmìng guān tiān bù gǎn jiàn sǐ bú jiù jì cǐ wù ràng zǐsūn wàng
After the names came a line in small script: "Famine year. The authorities forbid private grain relief, yet human life is at stake; I dare not stand by and let people die. I record this so my descendants will not forget."
From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 然
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).