Chinese symbol for “natural”
天然
tiān rán
natural
The closest CC-CEDICT match for natural is 天然 (tiān rán), defined as: natural.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “natural”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自然而然 | zì rán ér rán | (idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature; natural |
| 雍容 | yōng róng | natural; graceful |
| 洒脱 (灑脫) | sǎ tuo | free and at ease; natural; unconstrained |
| 天生 | tiān shēng | nature; disposition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 天然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 天下 | tiān xià | land under heaven; the whole world |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “natural”.
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.