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Chinese symbol for “irate”

愤然
fèn rán
Traditional: 憤然
(literary) angry; irate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for irate is 愤然 (fèn rán), defined as: (literary) angry; irate.

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Characters and stroke order

愤 fèn
anger, indignation; to hate, to resent
radical 61 ⼼ · 12 strokes
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 愤然.

WordPinyinMeaning
愤怒 (憤怒)fèn nùangry; indignant
愤慨 (憤慨)fèn kǎito resent; resentment
气愤 (氣憤)qì fènindignant; furious
悲愤 (悲憤)bēi fèngrief and indignation
激愤 (激憤)jī fènto stir up emotions; furious
愤恨 (憤恨)fèn hènto hate; hatred
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

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