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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.

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

自 zì
self; private, personal; from
radical 132 ⾃ · 6 strokes
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes
而 ér
and, and then, and yet; but
radical 126 ⽽ · 6 strokes
然
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 自然而然.

WordPinyinMeaning
自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zì yóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自 (來自)lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
自然zì ránnature; natural
自动 (自動)zì dòngautomatic; voluntarily
自身zì shēnitself; oneself
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
而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
当然 (當然)dāng ránonly 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.

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