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Mythic Mandarin

纵然 (zòng rán): meaning and stroke order

纵然 (zòng rán) means even if; even though.

纵然

Simplified
纵然
Traditional
縱然
Pinyin
zòng rán

Stroke order of 纵然

纵

  • zòng vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1])
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 縱

Stroke by stroke

然

  • rán correct; right
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 纵然

  1. zòng rán Traditional 縱然
    • even if; even though

Radicals of the characters

纵
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 7 strokes · 纟 on the left, 从 on the right
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.

纵然 in our stories

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  • 他又指着瀑布说：“你注意过那个传说吗？鱼要变成龙，先得被火烧掉尾巴。纵然跳过去了，也得付出代价，不再是原来的自己。”

    tā yòu zhǐzhe pùbù shuō nǐ zhùyì guò nàge chuánshuō ma yú yào biànchéng lóng xiān děi bèi huǒ shāo diào wěiba zòngrán tiào guòqu le yě děi fùchū dàijià bú zài shì yuánlái de zìjǐ

    He pointed at the falls. "Have you ever thought about that legend? For a fish to become a dragon, fire must first burn off its tail. Even if it leaps across, it still pays a price: it is no longer what it was."

    From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 纵然

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).