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Chinese symbol for “impressively”

赫然
hè rán
with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively

The closest CC-CEDICT match for impressively is 赫然 (hè rán), defined as: with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively; furiously (angry).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

赫 hè
bright, radiant, glowing
radical 155 ⾚ · 14 strokes
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赫然.

WordPinyinMeaning
显赫 (顯赫)xiǎn hèillustrious; celebrated
马赫 (馬赫)mǎ hè(physics) Mach; Mach number
赫兹 (赫茲)hè zīhertz (Hz), unit of frequency
赫赫有名hè hè yǒu míngillustrious; prominent
兆赫zhào hèmegahertz
虽然 (雖然)suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc)
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
当然 (當然)dāng ránonly natural; as it should be

See also: Japanese symbol for “impressively”.

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.

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