rán

Radical: 灬 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

然 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 然

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 然.

不然
bù rán
not so
了然
liǎo rán
to understand clearly
井然
jǐng rán
tidy, methodical
仍然
réng rán
still
使然
shǐ rán
依然
yī rán
still
信然
xìn rán
indeed
俨然
yǎn rán
just like
倏然
shū rán
倘然
tǎng rán
if
偶然
ǒu rán
incidentally
傲然
ào rán
loftily

Related characters (radical 灬)

Characters that share the radical .

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