Chinese symbol for “unforced”
自然而然
zì rán ér rán
(idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unforced is 自然而然 (zì rán ér rán), defined as: (idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 自然而然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 来自 (來自) | lái zì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature; natural |
| 自动 (自動) | zì dòng | automatic; voluntarily |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself; oneself |
| 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 |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
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.