Chinese symbol for “clearly”
显然
xiǎn rán
Traditional: 顯然
clearly; evidently; obviously
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clearly is 显然 (xiǎn rán), defined as: clearly; evidently; obviously.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “clearly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 判 | pàn | (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different) |
| 显而易见 (顯而易見) | xiǎn ér yì jiàn | clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly |
| 可知 | kě zhī | evidently; clearly |
| 分明 | fēn míng | clear; distinct |
| 逼真 | bī zhēn | lifelike; true to life |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 显然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 显示 (顯示) | xiǎn shì | to show; to illustrate |
| 明显 (明顯) | míng xiǎn | clear; distinct |
| 显得 (顯得) | xiǎn de | to seem; to look |
| 显著 (顯著) | xiǎn zhù | outstanding; notable |
| 显现 (顯現) | xiǎn xiàn | appearance; to appear |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clearly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.