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Mythic Mandarin

显然 (xiǎn rán): meaning and stroke order

显然 (xiǎn rán) means clearly; evidently; obviously.

显然

Simplified
显然
Traditional
顯然
Pinyin
xiǎn rán

Stroke order of 显然

显

  • xiǎn to make visible; to reveal
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 顯

Stroke by stroke

然

  • rán correct; right
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 显然

  1. xiǎn rán Traditional 顯然
    • clearly; evidently; obviously

Radicals of the characters

显
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 业 below
然
Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 12 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

显然 in our stories

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  • 死者的钱袋还挂在腰上，衣服也完好，显然，凶手并非为了钱。

    sǐzhě de qiándài hái guà zài yāo shàng yīfu yě wánhǎo xiǎnrán xiōngshǒu bìngfēi wèile qián

    The dead man's purse still hung at his waist and his clothes were intact; clearly the killer had not been after money.

    From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 显然

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).